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Object Number
45-30-10/100536.1.6
Display Title
Alvert Samehumgva
Descriptions
Object Description
Written on board: "Hopi. Arizona. / Albert Sa-Me-Humg-Va. Hopi, Old Oraibi, Arizona, Aug. 1939. "Albert" "The last Hopi boy who had his hair done with the Hoin-so-mi style. He also wears the feather. Albert is also a "goodbye" to all that is best of a now fast vanishing Indian life; in another generation they will no longer be Indians. 1939."
Keywords
- Proper Name
- Ethnographic
Subject
- Boy
Department
Photographic
Date
1939
Artist
Woltz
Culture
- Hopi
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America
/
United States
/
Arizona
/
Navajo County
/
Hopi Reservation
/
Third Mesa
/
Oraibi
Additional Geographic Terms
Third Mesa
Materials
Sepia Print adhered to Paperboard
Dimensions
Overall: 17.15 x 27.94 cm (6 3/4 x 11 in.)
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