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PLATE 429 A WALPI SNAKE PRIEST 1900 Photogravure
PLATE 429 A WALPI SNAKE PRIEST 1900 Photogravure
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EDWARD S. CURTIS. Plate 429 A Walpi Snake Priest, 1900. 15.4x11.3" photogravure on 17x12.5" Tissue paper cornered on 21x16.5" modern Rives BFK cream board with original 22x18" Holland Van Gelder overmat. Plate date 1922. From Portfolio 12, Hopi, of The North American Indian. Printed on plate recto: Plate 429/A Walpi Snake Priest /From Copyright Photograph 1900 by E.S. Curtis/Photogravure Suffolk Eng Co Boston

Curtis wrote about this: The subject is Koyawaima ("gray [dawn] walking"), who has been chief of the fraternity since 1899.

This was taken in 1900, on Curtis' first trip to Hopi. He returned many times to photograph the Walpi Snake Dance, making a short film in 1904. The Snake Dance was an internationally media event, attracting 48 photographers in 1898. Several years later the Hopi prohibited all photography of the ceremony.
Condition
Excellent. Minor wear. Print has been conserved. Report available on request.
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PLATE 429 A WALPI SNAKE PRIEST 1900 Photogravure

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