Portfolio plate no. 404
Title
Antelopes and snakes at Oraibi
Curtis Caption
The Antelope fraternity, at the right, and the Snake fraternity facing them at the left, engage in singing prior to handling the reptiles in the Snake dance. At the extreme right is the kisi, a cottonwood booth in which sits the custodian of the snake-jars, ready to hand out the reptiles one by one to the dancers.
Creator
Curtis, Edward S. 1868-1952
Physical Description
1 photogravure : brown ink ; 35 x 44 cm [plate size]
Original photogravure produced in Cambridge, Mass. by Suffolk Engraving Co.
Date of Original
1921
Source
The North American Indian (1907-1930) v.12, The Hopi ([Seattle] : E.S. Curtis ; [Cambridge, Mass. : The University Press], 1922), plate no. 404
Relation
Digital images of the plates supported by an award from the Library of Congress/Ameritech National Digital Library Competition, and mounted in American Memory. See http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/award98/ienhtml/curthome.html
Digital reproduction of the photomechanical print
Digital I.D.
cp12005
Rights
For educational, non-commercial use only. Written permission
required for any reproduction beyond fair use. Credit: Northwestern
University Library, Edward S. Curtis's "The North American Indian," 2003.
http://digital.library.northwestern.edu/curtis/
