The mealing trough--Hopi – Vintage Wall Art
(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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The mealing trough--Hopi comes to life in this historic photograph, reproduced from the original with every detail intact. Sourced directly from the Library of Congress, it represents an authentic piece of documented history.
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The mealing trough--Hopi
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Stone mealing troughs like the one in this print were a fixture of Hopi houses on the mesas of northeastern Arizona, where women ground dried corn by hand into fine meal for daily bread and ceremonial food. Edward S. Curtis made this photograph around 1906, while he was building his large documentary project on Native peoples of North America, which he later published as *The North American Indian*. Curtis often arranged his subjects and settings for the camera, so the scene reflects his design as well as daily routine. The grinding work itself, usually done by women in pairs or rows, is a useful window into household life on the Hopi mesas at the time.
| Created / published | c1906. |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 photographic print. |
| Genre | Photographic prints 1900-1910. |
| Notes | Edward S. Curtis Collection. Curtis no. 1973-06. |
| Subjects | Indians of North America--Arizona--Domestic life--1900-1910. Hopi Indians--Domestic life--1900-1910. Hopi Indians--Women--1900-1910. Indians of North America--Arizona--Women--1900-1910. Grinding--Arizona--1900-1910. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,536 × 1,103 px · prints to 5 × 4 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-165157 |
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