Hopi (Moquin?) Indians, Snake Kiva, Oraibi pueblo, [Arizona] – Vintage Wall Art
![Hopi (Moquin?) Indians, Snake Kiva, Oraibi pueblo, [Arizona], [between 1910 and 1925] — historic photograph](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/3a/3a78be4086d3-L.webp)
(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)
Description
This rare historic photograph captures Hopi (Moquin?) Indians, Snake Kiva, Oraibi pueblo, [Arizona] in remarkable detail. Sourced directly from the Library of Congress, it represents an authentic piece of documented history.
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Hopi (Moquin?) Indians, Snake Kiva, Oraibi pueblo, [Arizona]
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Few subjects in this collection carry as specific a location as Oraibi, one of the oldest continuously inhabited villages in North America, perched on a mesa in northeastern Arizona. The title points to a kiva associated with the Snake ceremony, a Hopi religious society whose rites were closed to outsiders, so the scene reflects a place photographers of the period were eager to record. The National Photo Company made many such views of Southwestern pueblos in the early twentieth century, often for tourist and publishing markets. The title's question mark over the name "Moquin" signals that the identification is uncertain, a common issue with records of this kind.
| Created / published | [between 1910 and 1925] |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 negative : glass ; 8 x 6 in. |
| Genre | Glass negatives. |
| Notes | Title from unverified data provided by the National Photo Company on the negative or negative sleeve. Date from negatives in same range. Gift; Herbert A. French; 1947. This glass negative might show streaks and other blemishes resulting from a natural deterioration in the original coatings. Temp. note: Batch seven. |
| Subjects | United States--Arizona. |
| Source | Library of Congress, National Photo Company Collection |
| Original scan | 6,919 × 5,366 px · prints to 23 × 18 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-NPC-260921 |
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