Pueblo Collection (#11)

Doorway in Pueblo Bonito, Chaco Canyon National Historic Park, New Mexico

Cliff Palace Mesa Verde Colorado USA

USA Colorado Mesa Verde Ladder House

MESA VERDE, COLORADO. Prehistoric Pueblo Native American dwelling ruins at Mesa Verde National Park, Colorado. Photograph, c1918

GRAND CANYON: CLIFFS. Ladders leading to cliff dwellings in the Grand Canyon in Arizona. Photographed c1913

ZUNI, c1890. Zuni people in the American Southwest. Photograph, c1890

NEW MEXICO: PUEBLO DANCE. Jemez Pueblo men in a ceremonial dance in New Mexico. Photograph by Simeon Schwemberger, c1908

NEW MEXICO: PUEBLO DANCE. Jemez Pueblo men and women in a ceremonial dance in New Mexico. Photograph by Simeon Schwemberger, c1908

PUEBLO KIVA, c1900. A Pueblo Native American man at the entrance to a kiva at Taos Pueblo, New Mexico. Photochrome, c1900

COCHITI PUEBLO: DANCE. Members of the Cochiti Pueblo in New Mexico participating in the annual San Buenaventuras Day Corn Dance. Photographed by Charles Fletcher Lummis, 1888

ZUNI DANCERS, c1898. Zuni Native Americans playing and relaxing after performing in the Shalako dance ceremony at a pueblo village in New Mexico. Photograph by Ben Wittick, c1898

ZUNI: SHALAKO DANCERS, c1898. Procession of Zuni Shalako dancers at a pueblo village in New Mexico. Photograph by Ben Wittick, c1898

ZUNI: SHALAKO DANCE, c1898. Zuni Native Americans in New Mexico, performing the dance of the Shalako ceremony. Photograph by Ben Wittick, c1898

ZUNI PROCESSION, c1897. Zuni Native Americans crossing a bridge to participate in the Shalako ceremony, typically celebrated after the harvest

ZUNI BEAD WORKER, c1903. Zuni bead worker drilling holes in beads in his workshop at a village in New Mexico. Photograph by Edward Curtis, c1903

ZUNI WATER CARRIERS, c1903. Two Zuni women carrying pots of water on their heads, at a pueblo village in New Mexico, c1903

ZUNI PUEBLO, c1903. View of a Zuni pueblo village in New Mexico. Photograph by Edward Curtis, c1903

ZUNI PUEBLO, c1903. Zuni Native Americans in a doorway in a pueblo village in the American southwest. Photograph by Edward Curtis, c1903

ZUNI WOMAN, c1903. A Zuni woman wearing lots of jewelry. Photograph by Edward Curtis, c1903

NEW MEXICO: ZUNI PUEBLO. Adobe buildings in a Zuni pueblo village in New Mexico. Photograph by Edward Curtis, c1903

NEW MEXICO: ZUNI PUEBLO. View of a Zuni pueblo village in New Mexico, c1880

NEW MEXICO: ZUNI JEWELER. A Zuni turquoise driller at work at the Acoma pueblo village near San Juan, New Mexico. Photograph, c1901

NEW MEXICO: ZUNI PUEBLO. View of a Zuni pueblo village. Photograph by John Hillers, 1879

NEW MEXICO: ZUNI PUEBLO. View of rooftops at a Zuni pueblo village in New Mexico. Stereograph by Timothy O Sullivan, 1873

NEW MEXICO: ZUNIS, 1873. Group of Zuni Native Americans, with an albino boy and a dark-skinned boy in the foreground. Stereograph by Timothy O Sullivan, 1873

NEW MEXICO: ZUNI BOYS, 1873. An albino Zuni boy seated next to a dark-skinned Zuni boy at a pueblo in New Mexico. Stereograph by Timothy O Sullivan, 1873

NEW MEXICO: ZUNI GIRL, 1873. A Zuni girl carrying a water olla, at a pueblo village in New Mexico. Stereograph by Timothy O Sullivan, 1873

NEW MEXICO: ZUNI MEN, 1873. An albino Zuni man seated next to a dark skinned Zuni man at a pueblo village in New Mexico. Stereograph by Timothy O Sullivan, 1873

NEW MEXICO: ZUNI WOMEN. Two Zuni women at a pueblo village in New Mexico. Stereograph by Timothy O Sullivan, 1873

NEW MEXICO: ZUNIS, 1873. Group of young and elderly Zuni Native Americans at a pueblo village in New Mexico. Stereograph by Timothy O Sullivan, 1873

NEW MEXICO: ZUNI LEADERS. Three leaders of a Zuni pueblo village in New Mexico. Stereograph by Timothy O Sullivan, 1873

NEW MEXICO: ZUNI LEADER. Zuni leader in a pueblo in New Mexico. Stereograph by Timothy O Sullivan, 1873

ZUNI CHIEF, 1873. Portrait of a Zuni chief in a pueblo village in New Mexico. Stereograph by Timothy O Sullivan, 1873

NEW MEXICO: ZUNI PUEBLO. View from the interior of a Zuni pueblo village in New Mexico. Stereograph by Timothy O Sullivan, 1873

NEW MEXICO: ZUNI PUEBLO. Old Mission Church at a Zuni pueblo in New Mexico. Photograph by Timothy O Sullivan, 1873

NEW MEXICO: ZUNI PUEBLO. A Zuni pueblo village in New Mexico. Photograph by Timothy O Sullivan, 1873

ARIZONA: VILLAGE, c1873. The chiefs house in a Native American village in Oraibi, Arizona. Stereograph, c1873

PUEBLO POTTERS, c1905. Potters firing ceramics in a kiln at the Santa Clara Pueblo in New Mexico. Photograph by Edward Curtis, c1905

HOPI POTTERS, c1903. A Hopi woman coiling clay into a ceramic vessel at Oraibi, Arizona. Stereograph, c1903

HOPI PRIEST, c1899. A Hopi antelope priest removing the awatanatci, a bow adorned with horse hair, which indicates to the public that sacred rites are occuring in the underground kiva of the pueblo

HOPI SNAKE PRIEST, c1906. Hopi snake priest during a snake dance ritual at a pueblo in Arizona. Photograph by Edward Curtis, c1906

HOPI SNAKE DANCER, c1918. A Hopi snake dancer entering the kiva, a sacred underground chamber of the pueblo at Walpi, Arizona. Photograph, c1918

HOPI SNAKE DANCE, 1921. Hopi snake dancers, joined by antelope dancers (right), performing in a snake dance ceremony in the village of Oraibi, Arizona. Photograph by Edward Curtis, 1921

HOPI SNAKE DANCE, c1897. Beginning of a Hopi snake dance at the pueblo of Walpi, in Arizona. Photograph by Ben Wittick, c1897

HOPI SNAKE DANCE, c1909. A Hopi snake dance ritual in Walpi, Arizona. Lithograph, c1909

HOPI SNAKE DANCERS, 1921. Hopi snake dancers entering the plaza in the village of Oraibi, Arizona. At right, antelope dancers stand in front of the snakes brush shelter, known as a kisi

HOPI SNAKE DANCE, c1900. Hopi Native Americans performing a snake dance in Arizona, c1900

HOPI SNAKE DANCE, c1902. Antelope priests chanting during a Hopi snake dance ceremony in Arizona. Photochrome, American, c1902

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