Native American (Pueblo, Hopi) men plant cottonwood boughs from the Little Colorado River to create a kisi at the dance plaza at Walpi Pueblo, First Mesa, Arizona. White men and women look on. Pueblo buildings, Dance Rock, and a wooden ladder protruding out of the entrance to an underground kiva stand near the dance plaza.
Date
August, 1899
Notes
Condition: nitrate negative ripped, emulsion chipping; red ink stains on print.; Inked on back of print: "The Kisi, an artificial bush made of fresh cotton-wood boughs, brought all the way from the Little Colorado river [sic]. On the right the men are planting the limbs in a hole on the plaza near the great altar rock."; Photographer's seal embossed on print.; Title inked on back of print.; Vintage photographic print.; Written on back of print: "Ind- Pueblo- Hopi- Walpi Dances- Snake".; Written on nitrate negative: "50".; R7001707558
Physical Description
1 photonegative : nitrate ; 13 x 18 cm. (5 x 7 in.); 1 photoprint ; 11 x 16 cm. (4 1/2 x 6 1/2 in.)
Is Part Of
C Photo Collection 37. H. S. Poley collection.
Subject
Hopi Indians--Dance--Arizona--Walpi--1890-1900.; Indians of North America--Spiritual life--Arizona--Walpi--1890-1900.; Pueblo Indians--Clothing & dress--Arizona--Walpi--1890-1900.; Hopi Indian Reservation (Ariz.)--1890-1900.; Walpi (Ariz.)--1890-1900.; Ceremonial dancers--Arizona--Walpi--1890-1900.; Rites & ceremonies--Arizona--Walpi--1890-1900.; Snake dance--Arizona--Walpi--1890-1900.; Spectators--Arizona--Walpi--1890-1900.
Rights
Restrictions applying to use or reproduction of this image available from the Western History/Genealogy Dept., Denver Public Library.
