Snake Dancers Entering the Plaza
Edward Sheriff Curtis, American, 1868 - 1952
1921; published 1922
Photogravure on Japanese Gampi tissue paper
Overall: 11 1/4 × 15 3/16 in. (28.5 × 38.5 cm)
Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Anonymous gift
176.3.20
Portfolio / Series Title
Plate 422 from the large plates supplementing The North American Indian, Volume 12, The Hopi
Printer
Suffolk Engraving Company, Boston
Publisher
University Press, Cambridge, Massachusetts
Geography
Place Made: United States, North America
Period
20th century
Object Name
Photograph
Research Area
Photograph
Not on view
Inscriptions
Printed, below image, lower left: SNAKE DANCERS ENTERING THE PLAZA; printed, in script font: From Copyright Photograph 1921 by E.S. Curtis; printed, in script font, lower right: Photogravure Suffolk Eng. Co. Boston
Provenance
Anonymous donor; given to present collection, 1976.
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