Hopi snake dance, 5/15/26 – Historic Photo Reproduction
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(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.)
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Hopi snake dance, 5/15/26
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The Hopi snake dance is the subject here, and the record dates this glass negative to May 15, 1926, a date the National Photo Company recorded on the negative or its sleeve. The Hopi Snake Dance, held in the villages on Arizona's Black Mesa, is a ceremony of the Hopi people that asks for rain and good harvests, and it drew many outside visitors and photographers in the early twentieth century. Because the title comes from unverified company data, the exact event is best read with some caution. The record also notes surface streaks and blemishes from deterioration in the glass's original coatings, which are visible marks of the negative's age.
| Created / published | [19]26 May 15. |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 negative : glass ; 4 x 5 in. or smaller |
| Genre | Glass negatives. |
| Notes | Title from unverified data provided by the National Photo Company on the negative or negative sleeve. 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 four. |
| Source | Library of Congress, National Photo Company Collection |
| Original scan | 5,587 × 4,406 px · prints to 19 × 15 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-NPC-245166 |
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