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Object Number
2004.29.5193.1
Display Title
Zuni and Hopi men with Frank Hamilton Cushing
Descriptions
Object Description
Studio portraits taken during F. H. Cushing's visit to Worcester, Massachusetts of Cushing with a group of Zuni and Hopi Native Americans. Identified Zuni include Laiiuahtsailunkia; priest of the temple, Naiiuhtchi; senior priest of the order of the bow, Palowaihtiwa; Governor of Zuni and political chief of the Macaw clan, and Kiasi; junior bow priest. Identified Hopi is Nanahe or Cornflower; a Hopi who had been adopted as a member of the little fire order in Zuni.
Object Description
The two men standing are bow priests.
Department
Photographic
Date
1882
Artist
James Wallace Black
Culture
- Hopi
- Zuñi
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America
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United States
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Massachusetts
Materials
Cabinet card
Dimensions
Overall: 10.795 × 16.51 cm (4 1/4 × 6 1/2 in.)
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