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Antelope altar at Walpi

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Call NumberP-1023CreatorPoley, H. S. (Horace Swartley)Date1900-1920SummaryNative American (Hopi) antelope altar shows sandpainting; clay pedestals and crooks (ceremonial bows) around painting, water gourds, corn stalks, baskets, medicine bowl, rattles; Walpi pueblo, Arizona.Physical Description1 photonegative : glass ; 10 x 13 cm (4 x 5 in.); 1 photoprint : black-and-white ; 10 x 13 cm (4 x 5 in.)Born-Digital or AnalogAnalogSubjectHopi Indians--Spiritual life--Arizona--WalpiIndians of North America--Arizona--WalpiPueblo Indians--Arizona--WalpiAltars--Arizona--MishongnoviRites & ceremonies--Arizona--WalpiSandpaintings--Arizona--WalpiCollectionPhotographs - Western HistoryRelated MaterialImage File: ZZR700171023Type of MaterialGlass negativesPhotographic printsOriginal Material Found in CollectionC Photo Collection 37. H. S. Poley collection.NotesImage from the Bureau of American Ethnology, Nineteenth Annual Report, pl. LIII. Photograph of a photomechanical reproduction of a lithograph by A. Hoen & Co. Lithocaustic, Baltimore. Title on negative from original caption. R7001710234

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