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Splendid type of Hopi Indian, Hopi Pueblo, Arizona

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Splendid type of Hopi Indian, Hopi Pueblo, Arizona

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Photograph shows a male Hopi Indian, wearing a head band, an earring, necklaces and probably a buckskin jacket. Half length, standing, facing right.

Indians of North America

These portraits are valuable records that document Native American dress and customs at the end of the nineteenth century during an active period of Indian removal and hostilities against Native Americans.Library of Congress holds one of the most important collections of Native American photographic portraits.

Collection - Indians of North America
Portraits representing the numerous Native American nations that have lived on the Continent.

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01/01/1920

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