Man's Snake Dance outfit (Image withheld)
- Culture/People
- Hopi Pueblo
- Collector
- John Louw Nelson (John L. Nelson), Non-Indian, 1895-1963
- Previous owner
- Louise Shepard Corbusier (Mrs. Harold Dunbar Corbusier), Non-Indian, 1875-1964
- Collection History
- Collected by John Louw Nelson (1895-1963, a musical performer and amateur ethnologist), probably between 1929 and 1935; formerly in the collection of Louise Shepard Corbusier (Mrs. Harold Dunbar Corbusier, 1875-1964, of Plainfield, New Jersey); acquired by MAI through an exchange with Mrs. Corbusier in 1935.
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- Place
- Waalpi (Walpi), First Mesa, Hopi Reservation; Navajo County; Arizona; USA
- See related items
- Hopi Pueblo
- Ceremonial/Ritual items
- Data Source
- National Museum of the American Indian
- Catalog Number
- 18/7871
- Barcode
- 187871.000
- Object Type
- Ceremonial/Ritual items
- Object Name
- Man's Snake Dance outfit (Image withheld)
- Media/Materials
- Cotton cloth, hide, deer hoof/hooves, metal cones, paint, olivella shell/shells, feather/feathers, shell/shells
- Techniques
- Painted
- Metadata Usage
- CC0
- Record ID
- NMAI_200074