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Adult grave with offerings
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Object Number 2004.29.4860
Display Title Adult grave with offerings
Descriptions
Object Description Written on board: "Hopi - Shoshonean / A Hopi grave. Note the lack of adornment or identification objects. A few offerings may be seen on the grave. Only adults are buried in the graveyard, the bodies of children being placed in crevices on the sides of the mesa. / Gift of Morris Titiev"
Keywords
  • Ethnographic
  • Burial and Cremation
Subject
  • Grave
Department Photographic
Artist Prof. Mischa Titiev
Culture
  • Hopi
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America / United States / Arizona
Materials Print, black and white Paperboard
Dimensions Overall: 11.43 x 19.05 cm (4 1/2 x 7 1/2 in.)

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