Hopi Indians--Pictorial works., Indians of North America--Arizona--Pictorial works., Indians of North America--Pictorial works., Kivas--Pictorial works., and Pueblo Indians--Rites and ceremonies--Pictorial works
Hopi Indians--Pictorial works., Indians of North America--Arizona--Pictorial works., Kivas--Arizona--Pictorial works., and Pueblo Indians--Rites and ceremonies--Pictorial works
Photographs of the Hopi pueblo Oraibi, interiors of Hopi homes, ceremonial dances, and portraits of Hopi and possibly Navajo Indians at Oraibi.
Description:
Contemporary coarse woven cloth photo album., Identification of photographer based on postcard image on first page with printed attribution on verso: Made by Simeon Schwemberger, St. Michael's Arizona, and by the fact that the style is similar to photographs identified as Schwemberger's., Individual photographs are 9 x 14 cm. and smaller., Purchased from the William Reese Company on the Walter McClintock Memorial Fund, 1996., and Simeon Schwemberger, 1867-1931, joined the Franciscan order as a lay brother, moving to the mission at St. Michael's, Arizona in 1901. At the mission he began photographing Navajo Indians. After leaving St. Michael's in late 1907 to open a photo gallery in Gallup, New Mexico, he began photographing other Native Americans, including Hopi and Pueblo Indians.
Subject (Geographic):
Oraibi (Ariz.)--Pictorial works.
Subject (Name):
Schwemberger, Simeon.
Subject (Topic):
Hopi Indians--Portraits., Hopi Indians--Rites and ceremonies--Pictorial works., Indians of North America--Arizona--Pictorial works., Indians of North America--Pictorial works., Indians of North America--Portraits., Navajo Indians--Pictorial works., and Navajo Indians--Portraits.
