On the housetop--Hopi – Antique Print
(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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Step back in time with On the housetop--Hopi, a historic photograph rich in period detail. The original is held by the Library of Congress, so what you hang is a true record of its time.
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On the housetop--Hopi
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A young Hopi woman appears on a flat rooftop, and her hairstyle is the detail worth noticing: unmarried Hopi women traditionally wore their hair gathered into whorls above the ears, a style that signaled their status. Edward S. Curtis made the picture around 1906 as part of his effort to document Native life across the West, and it was published as plate 409 in a supplementary volume of *The North American Indian*. Rooftops in the stone and adobe villages of the Hopi mesas in northeastern Arizona were used for daily work and gathering, so the scene reflects everyday village life.
| Created / published | c1906 December 19. |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 photographic print. |
| Genre | Photographic prints 1900-1910. |
| Notes | H87185 U.S. Copyright Office. Curtis no. 1974-06. On verso: Hopi life. Forms part of: Edward S. Curtis Collection (Library of Congress). Published in: The North American Indian / Edward S. Curtis. [Seattle, Wash.] : Edward S. Curtis, 1907-30, Suppl. v 12. , pl. 409. |
| Subjects | Indians of North America--Social life--Arizona--1900-1910. Indians of North America--Structures--Arizona--1900-1910. Hopi Indians--Social life--Arizona--1900-1910. Hopi Indians--Structures--Arizona--1900-1910. Hairstyles--Arizona--1900-1910. Pueblos--Arizona--1900-1910. Single women--Arizona--1900-1910. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,170 × 1,536 px · prints to 4 × 5 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-123914 |
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