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Object Number
975-66-10/100538.1.35
Display Title
Snake Dance at Walpi, purification after ceremony
Descriptions
Object Description
Written on board: "Snake dance at Walpi. Purification after ceremony. Photographed by and Gift of Emry Kopta. Santa Fe. June 1924. . None to be used without donor's permission. Copyrighted."
Keywords
- Ethnographic
- Ceremony
- Dance
Subject
- snake dance
- purification
Department
Photographic
Date
1924
Artist
Emry Kopta
Culture
- Hopi
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America
/
United States
/
Arizona
/
Navajo County
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Hopi Reservation
/
First Mesa
/
Walpi
Additional Geographic Terms
First Mesa
Materials
Print, black and white Paperboard
Dimensions
Overall: 9.53 x 12.07 cm (3 3/4 x 4 3/4 in.)
Provenance
Donor
Donated by
Emry Kopta
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