Somaikoli circle, Moki.

Description

Title: Somaikoli circle, Moki.
Alternative Title: Dancing circle in the Somaikoli ceremonial ...East Mesa of the Moki - 1884 - Photo by F.S.D. The drummer sits within the circle beating rapidly a large drum made out of a section of cottonwood log, with hide stretched over the ends
Creator: Dellenbaugh, Frederick Samuel, 1853-1935
Published / Created: 1884
Abstract: Frederick Samuel Dellenbaugh, a member of John Wesley Powells second expedition down the Colorado River (1871-1873); author of the Romance of the Colorado River and A Canyon Voyage, and numerous other books.
Description: Some of photographic contact sheets and prints from original negatives not included in Beinecke Library Digital Images Online.
Extent: 1 photographic print
7.4 x 9.5 cm. on mount 12.1 x 14.7 cm.
b&w

Repository: Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library
Call Number: WA Photos 271
Collection Title: Frederick Samuel Dellenbaugh collection of photographs and drawings of the Colorado River region.
Collection / Other Creator: Dellenbaugh, Frederick Samuel, 1853-1935
Collection Date: 1871-1934
Container / Volume: Box 2 | Folder 39

Access: Public
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Citation: Frederick Samuel Dellenbaugh Collection of Photographs and Drawings of the Colorado River Region. Yale Collection of Western Americana, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library.