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A trip to Zuñi--The Shalaco cross to south side of the river to dance and plant the plumes

A trip to Zuñi--The Shalaco cross to south side of the river to dance ...

68259-B21 U.S. Copyright Office. Copyright by Ben Wittick. No. 634.

The dance of the Shalako, Zuni Pueblo--Nov. 28th '97 / Ben Wittick Photo.

The dance of the Shalako, Zuni Pueblo--Nov. 28th '97 / Ben Wittick Pho...

3139 U.S. Copyright Office. Copyright by Ben Wittick. Public domain photograph - New Mexico, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[Blue Mahakala dancer initiating the New Year's ceremony, Gangtok, Sikkim]
Edward S. Curtis - Arikara Medicine Ceremony--The Ducks

Edward S. Curtis - Arikara Medicine Ceremony--The Ducks

Photo shows three Arikara men, members of the medicine fraternity, dancing, painted to represent ducks and holding rushes. H118600 U.S. Copyright Office. Curtis no. 2902-08. Forms part of: Edward S. Curtis Col... More

The Masked Kachinas (Hopi Indian "Rain-makers"), Village of Shonghopavi, Arizona

The Masked Kachinas (Hopi Indian "Rain-makers"), Village of Shonghopav...

H29834 U.S. Copyright Office. Copyright by Underwood & Underwood. Public domain photograph of stereoscopic card, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Dance of the Indians of the Mission of St. Joseph in New California / engraved by Letitia & Elizh. Byrne.

Dance of the Indians of the Mission of St. Joseph in New California / ...

Six Native Americans with elaborate body markings and hairstyles, dancing. Public domain scan of 18th-century print, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Edward S. Curtis - Atsina Fly Dance

Edward S. Curtis - Atsina Fly Dance

Five Atsina men, each covered with buffalo blankets, kneeling in a circle, feather-crowned staff in the center. H118644 U.S. Copyright Office. Curtis no. 2972-08. Forms part of: Edward S. Curtis Collection (Lib... More

Edward S. Curtis - Masked dancer, Cowichan. Book illustration from Library of Congress

Edward S. Curtis - Masked dancer, Cowichan. Book illustration from Lib...

J182514 U.S. Copyright Office. Edward S. Curtis Collection. Curtis no. 3436-12. Published in: The North American Indian / Edward S. Curtis. [Seattle, Wash.] : Edward S. Curtis, 1907-30, suppl., v. 9, pl. 326.

[Jemez Pueblo Indians in a ceremonial dance, possibly Nov. 12 feast day, New Mexico] / Simeon Schwemberger, St. Michaels, Arizona.

[Jemez Pueblo Indians in a ceremonial dance, possibly Nov. 12 feast da...

No. 11. Copyright by Simeon Schwemberger. Public domain photograph - New Mexico, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[Masked Black Hat dancer at New Year's ceremony, Gangtok, Sikkim]

[Masked Black Hat dancer at New Year's ceremony, Gangtok, Sikkim]

"A Tour of the Lost Kingdom: Sikkim" by Dr. Alice S. Kandell and Hope Cooke, Library of Congress, March 13, 2010. Forms part of: Dr. Alice S. Kandell Collection of Sikkim Photographs (Library of Congress). ... More

Edward S. Curtis - Snake dancer and "Hugger" [A]

Edward S. Curtis - Snake dancer and "Hugger" [A]

Hopi men performing snake dance ceremony, others watch in background. Curtis no. 1098-04. Forms part of: Edward S. Curtis Collection (Library of Congress). Published in: The North American Indian / Edward S. C... More

Edward S. Curtis - Masked dancer--Cowichan

Edward S. Curtis - Masked dancer--Cowichan

Dancer wearing oversize mask, three rings of feathers in front of clothing, holding a rattle. J182513 U.S. Copyright Office. Curtis no. 3434-12. Forms part of: Edward S. Curtis Collection (Library of Congress).... More

Portrait photo of Edward S. Curtis - Hamatsa--Qagyuhl

Portrait photo of Edward S. Curtis - Hamatsa--Qagyuhl

Kwakiutl man, full-length portrait, standing, facing front. J197419 U.S. Copyright Office. Title from: The North American Indian. Curtis no. 3490. Forms part of: Edward S. Curtis Collection (Library of Congress... More

Edward S. Curtis - The Clowns, animal dance--Cheyenne

Edward S. Curtis - The Clowns, animal dance--Cheyenne

J293356 U.S. Copyright Office. Edward S. Curtis Collection (Library of Congress). Published in: The North American Indian / Edward S. Curtis. [Seattle, Wash.] : Edward S. Curtis, 1907-30, v. 19, p. 134.

Edward S. Curtis - A Flathead dance

Edward S. Curtis - A Flathead dance

Flathead men dance in front of tepees under pine trees, river in background. J139740 U.S. Copyright Office. Curtis no. 3154-10. Forms part of: Edward S. Curtis Collection (Library of Congress). Published in: Th... More

Indian court, Federal Building, Golden Gate International Exposition, San Francisco, 1939 Pueblo turtle dancers from an Indian painting, New Mexico / / Siegriest.

Indian court, Federal Building, Golden Gate International Exposition, ...

Poster for the Indian Court exhibit at the Golden Gate International Exposition in San Francisco, showing Pueblo turtle dancers. Work Projects Administration Poster Collection (Library of Congress). Posters of ... More

[Ceremonial warrior dance at New Year's event, Gangtok, Sikkim]

[Ceremonial warrior dance at New Year's event, Gangtok, Sikkim]

"A Tour of the Lost Kingdom: Sikkim" by Dr. Alice S. Kandell and Hope Cooke, Library of Congress, March 13, 2010. Forms part of: Dr. Alice S. Kandell Collection of Sikkim Photographs (Library of Congress). ... More

Ceremonial dance, Alaska - Frank G. Carpenter collection

Ceremonial dance, Alaska - Frank G. Carpenter collection

Title transcribed from caption accompanying item. Photo by Lomen Bros., Nome. Forms part of: Frank and Frances Carpenter collection (Library of Congress). Gift; Mrs. W. Chapin Huntington; 1951.

Edward S. Curtis - Snake dancer in costume

Edward S. Curtis - Snake dancer in costume

Hopi snake dancer, full-length portrait, standing, facing front. Edward S. Curtis Collection (Library of Congress). Curtis no. 675.

Edward S. Curtis - Group of Winter Dancers--Qagyuhl

Edward S. Curtis - Group of Winter Dancers--Qagyuhl

Ceremonial dancers, in a circle during the Winter Dance ceremony, wearing masks and garments of fur, feathers, and other materials. J197414 U.S. Copyright Office. Title from: The North American Indian. Curtis n... More

Edward S. Curtis - Paqusilahl--Qagyuhl

Edward S. Curtis - Paqusilahl--Qagyuhl

Dancer representing Paqusilahl ("man of the ground embodiment"), wearing a mask and shirt covered with hemlock boughs, representing paqus, a wild man of the woods. J197489 U.S. Copyright Office. Curtis no. 356... More

[Ceremonial dancers waiting for lamas to come out of the temple for New Year's ceremony, Gangtok, Sikkim]

[Ceremonial dancers waiting for lamas to come out of the temple for Ne...

"A Tour of the Lost Kingdom: Sikkim" by Dr. Alice S. Kandell and Hope Cooke, Library of Congress, March 13, 2010. Forms part of: Dr. Alice S. Kandell Collection of Sikkim Photographs (Library of Congress). ... More

Edward S. Curtis - Apache dancers

Edward S. Curtis - Apache dancers

H87157 U.S. Copyright Office. Edward S. Curtis Collection. Curtis no. 1924-06.

[Jemez Pueblo Indians in a ceremonial dance] / Simeon Schwemberger, St. Michaels, Arizona.

[Jemez Pueblo Indians in a ceremonial dance] / Simeon Schwemberger, St...

H117490 U.S. Copyright Office. No. 7. Copyright by Simeon Schwemberger. Public domain photograph - New Mexico, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Edward S. Curtis - The Wolf, animal dance--Cheyenne

Edward S. Curtis - The Wolf, animal dance--Cheyenne

Edward S. Curtis Collection (Library of Congress). Published in: The North American Indian / Edward S. Curtis. [Seattle, Wash.] : Edward S. Curtis, 1907-30, v. 19, p. 136.

Ceremonial masked lama dancer, photo by Alice S. Kandell

Ceremonial masked lama dancer, photo by Alice S. Kandell

"A Tour of the Lost Kingdom: Sikkim" by Dr. Alice S. Kandell and Hope Cooke, Library of Congress, March 13, 2010. Forms part of: Dr. Alice S. Kandell Collection of Sikkim Photographs (Library of Congress). ... More

Edward S. Curtis - Arikara Medicine Ceremony--The Ducks

Edward S. Curtis - Arikara Medicine Ceremony--The Ducks

Photo shows three Arikara men, members of the medicine fraternity, dancing, painted to represent ducks and holding rushes. H118600 U.S. Copyright Office. Curtis no. 2902-08. Forms part of: Edward S. Curtis Col... More

[Jemez Pueblo Indians in a ceremonial dance, New Mexico] / Simeon Schwemberger, St. Michaels, Arizona.

[Jemez Pueblo Indians in a ceremonial dance, New Mexico] / Simeon Schw...

Copyright by Simeon Schwemberger. No. 8. Public domain photograph - New Mexico, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

The American Indian Past. Present / / Albert Levering.

The American Indian Past. Present / / Albert Levering.

Print shows two caricatures of Native Americans: a war dance of the past and a football game of the present; a Carlisle Indian School pennent flies from a pole in the stands. Copyright by Keppler & Schwarzman... More

The Masked Kachinas (Hopi Indian "Rain-makers"), Village of Shonghopavi, Arizona

The Masked Kachinas (Hopi Indian "Rain-makers"), Village of Shonghopav...

H29834 U.S. Copyright Office. Copyright by Underwood & Underwood. Public domain photograph of stereoscopic card, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Portrait photo of Edward S. Curtis - Kominaka dancer

Portrait photo of Edward S. Curtis - Kominaka dancer

Kwakiutl Indian in costume with skulls. J150218 U.S. Copyright Office. No. 3329-10.

Edward S. Curtis - Dancing to restore an eclipsed moon

Edward S. Curtis - Dancing to restore an eclipsed moon

Several Kwakiutl people dancing in a circle around a smoking fire, in an effort to cause a sky creature, which they believe swallowed the moon, to sneeze thereby disgorging it. J197457 U.S. Copyright Office. Ti... More

White deerskin dance costume--Hupa, portrait of american indian man

White deerskin dance costume--Hupa, portrait of american indian man

Hupa Indian, half-length, standing, facing left, in ceremonial costume. Public domain photograph - Portrait, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Indian court, Federal Building, Golden Gate International Exposition, San Francisco, 1939 Apache devil dancer from an Indian painting, Arizona / / Siegriest.

Indian court, Federal Building, Golden Gate International Exposition, ...

Poster for the Indian Court exhibit at the Golden Gate International Exposition in San Francisco, showing Apache devil dancer. Work Projects Administration Poster Collection (Library of Congress). Posters of th... More

[Warrior dancing at New Year's ceremony, Sikkim]

[Warrior dancing at New Year's ceremony, Sikkim]

Forms part of: Dr. Alice S. Kandell Collection of Sikkim Photographs (Library of Congress). Also represented in LOT 14034-3, pg. no. 014 (color reference copy). Gift; Dr. Alice S. Kandell; 2010; (DLC/PP-2010:106).

New Mexico. The Rain Dance. Zuni Pueblo

New Mexico. The Rain Dance. Zuni Pueblo

Photograph shows Zuni men doing the Rain Dance as people watch from surrounding pueblo buildings. No. 53299.

Musician lama during ceremonial dances using cymbals

Musician lama during ceremonial dances using cymbals

Public domain photograph of music festival, musicians, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Clown dancer, ceremonial masked lama dances, Sikkim

Clown dancer, ceremonial masked lama dances, Sikkim

Public domain photograph - Portrait, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[Jemez Pueblo Indians in a ceremonial dance, New Mexico] / Simeon Schwemberger, St. Michaels, Arizona.

[Jemez Pueblo Indians in a ceremonial dance, New Mexico] / Simeon Schw...

Copyright by Simeon Schwemberger. No. 8. Public domain photograph - New Mexico, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Edward S. Curtis - Tablita Dance [D]

Edward S. Curtis - Tablita Dance [D]

Tewa Indians dancing in line formation. H71005 U.S. Copyright Office. Curtis no. 1734-05. Forms part of: Edward S. Curtis Collection (Library of Congress).

Edward S. Curtis - Buffalo dancers

Edward S. Curtis - Buffalo dancers

Costumed dancers wearing dance bustles of Tewa sun god made of turkey feathers. On verso: Buffalo dance. Curtis no. 1111-04. Forms part of: Edward S. Curtis Collection (Library of Congress).

Sisiutl--Qagyuhl, Native Americans of British Columbia

Sisiutl--Qagyuhl, Native Americans of British Columbia

Sisiutl, one of the main dancers in the Winter Dance ceremonies, wearing a double-headed serpent mask and shirt made of hemlock boughs.

Back to the plains at the U.S. Capitol--Hopi Indians from Arizona with their original makeup and real rattlesnakes putting on a religious dance at the Capitol

Back to the plains at the U.S. Capitol--Hopi Indians from Arizona with...

National Photo Company Collection (Library of Congress). No. 39921. The original U.S. Capitol building, known as the "Old Capitol," was a small brick building that was completed in 1800. It served as the Capit... More

Edward S. Curtis - Water rite purification, Cheyenne animal dance

Edward S. Curtis - Water rite purification, Cheyenne animal dance

Three Cheyenne dancers in ceremonial dress, bend towards water. J293340 U.S. Copyright Office. Edward S. Curtis Collection (Library of Congress). Published in: The North American Indian / Edward S. Curtis. [Sea... More

[Guruda bird dancer performing at the New Year's dance, Sikkim]

[Guruda bird dancer performing at the New Year's dance, Sikkim]

Forms part of: Dr. Alice S. Kandell Collection of Sikkim Photographs (Library of Congress). Also represented in LOT 14034-3, pg. no. 024 (color reference copy). Gift; Dr. Alice S. Kandell; 2010; (DLC/PP-2010:106).

[Masked dancer during New Year's ceremony, Gangtok, Sikkim]

[Masked dancer during New Year's ceremony, Gangtok, Sikkim]

"A Tour of the Lost Kingdom: Sikkim" by Dr. Alice S. Kandell and Hope Cooke, Library of Congress, March 13, 2010. Forms part of: Dr. Alice S. Kandell Collection of Sikkim Photographs (Library of Congress). ... More

A Sioux war party - Public domain portrait print

A Sioux war party - Public domain portrait print

Eight Dakota ceremonial dancers, full-length, standing. Public domain photograph - Portrait, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[Dance at Cochiti Pueblo] / W. Cal. Brown & Co.

[Dance at Cochiti Pueblo] / W. Cal. Brown & Co.

Photograph shows "San Buenaventura's Day Corn Dance, performed by the two moieties, first the Turquoise, then the Pumpkin, in front of the church and campo santo. The men wear either red or dull blue body paint... More

Thanksgiving dance, Oraibi, Arizona view, photochrome print postcard.

Thanksgiving dance, Oraibi, Arizona view, photochrome print postcard.

Photograph shows Hopi women and men performing autumn harvest dance, at Oraibi, Hopi Indian Reservation, Arizona, as others watch on and next to terraced houses. No. 53428 Forms part of: Detroit Publishing Com... More

Nane--Qagyuhl, Native Americans of British Columbia

Nane--Qagyuhl, Native Americans of British Columbia

Man dressed in a full-body bear costume. The bear had the duty of guarding the dance house.

[Mahakala masked dancers entering the New Year's ceremony, Gangtok, Sikkim]

[Mahakala masked dancers entering the New Year's ceremony, Gangtok, Si...

"A Tour of the Lost Kingdom: Sikkim" by Dr. Alice S. Kandell and Hope Cooke, Library of Congress, March 13, 2010. Related photograph published in: Mountaintop kingdom: Sikkim / photos by Alice S. Kandell; te... More

Edward S. Curtis - Masked dancers--Qagyuhl

Edward S. Curtis - Masked dancers--Qagyuhl

During the winter ceremony, Kwakiutl dancers wearing masks and costumes, crouch in foreground with others behind them. The chief on the far left holds a speaker's staff. Three totem poles in background. J197470... More

Edward S. Curtis - Masked dancers in canoes [B]--Qagyuhl

Edward S. Curtis - Masked dancers in canoes [B]--Qagyuhl

During the winter ceremony, Kwakiutl dancers in masks and costumes representing (l to r) Wasp, Thunderbird, and Grizzly-bear, arrive in canoes. J197455 U.S. Copyright Office. Title from: The North American Indi... More

Edward S. Curtis - Atsina crazy dance--A dancer kisses the grandfather

Edward S. Curtis - Atsina crazy dance--A dancer kisses the grandfather

H118648 U.S. Copyright Office. Curtis no. 2976-08. Forms part of: Edward S. Curtis Collection (Library of Congress). Published in: The North American Indian / Edward S. Curtis. [Seattle, Wash.] : Edward S. Curt... More

Taqui, a Moki snake priest view, photochrome print postcard.

Taqui, a Moki snake priest view, photochrome print postcard.

Photograph shows Taqui, a Hopi Indian snake priest, half-length portrait, standing, facing front, wearing a large silver necklace. F8622 U.S. Copyright Office. Photograph attributed to William Henry Jackson in... More

Edward S. Curtis - Hamasilahl--Qagyuhl

Edward S. Curtis - Hamasilahl--Qagyuhl

Ceremonial dancer, full-length portrait, standing, wearing mask and a fur garments during the Winter Dance ceremony. J197417 U.S. Copyright Office. Title from: The North American Indian. Curtis no. 3497. Forms ... More

Edward S. Curtis - Crazy dancers--Cheyenne

Edward S. Curtis - Crazy dancers--Cheyenne

Cheyenne dancers around stick tripod. J150178 U.S. Copyright Office. Edward S. Curtis Collection (Library of Congress). Curtis no. 1436-10. Published in: The North American Indian / Edward S. Curtis. [Seattle, ... More

An Eskimo dance near Nome - Frank G. Carpenter collection

An Eskimo dance near Nome - Frank G. Carpenter collection

Title transcribed from caption accompanying item. Forms part of: Frank and Frances Carpenter collection (Library of Congress). Gift; Mrs. W. Chapin Huntington; 1951.

[Masked ceremonial dancer, Sikkim]

[Masked ceremonial dancer, Sikkim]

Forms part of: Dr. Alice S. Kandell Collection of Sikkim Photographs (Library of Congress). Also represented in LOT 14034-2, pg. no. 009 (color reference copy). Gift; Dr. Alice S. Kandell; 2010; (DLC/PP-2010:106).

Dance of the Kaviagamute (Eskimo), Alaska

Dance of the Kaviagamute (Eskimo), Alaska

Photograph shows Eskimo men, in costume, performing a dance. J195092 U.S. Copyright Office. No. 182. Copyright Lomen Bros., Nome.

[Masked ceremonial dancers entering the stage at the New Year's ceremony, Sikkim]

[Masked ceremonial dancers entering the stage at the New Year's ceremo...

Forms part of: Dr. Alice S. Kandell Collection of Sikkim Photographs (Library of Congress). Also represented in LOT 14034-3, pg. no. 025 (color reference copy). Gift; Dr. Alice S. Kandell; 2010; (DLC/PP-2010:106).

A trip to Zuñi--The Shalico dancers crossing to south side of the river to dance on the plain

A trip to Zuñi--The Shalico dancers crossing to south side of the rive...

3140 U.S. Copyright Office. Copyright by Ben Wittick. Public domain photograph - New Mexico, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Edward S. Curtis - Hupa - jumping dance costume

Edward S. Curtis - Hupa - jumping dance costume

Photograph shows man wearing breastplate of beads and shell. J262595 U.S. Copyright Office. Curtis no. 3833-B. Forms part of: Edward S. Curtis Collection (Library of Congress). Published in: The North American... More

An Eskimo dance near Nome - Frank G. Carpenter collection

An Eskimo dance near Nome - Frank G. Carpenter collection

Title transcribed from caption accompanying item. Forms part of: Frank and Frances Carpenter collection (Library of Congress). Gift; Mrs. W. Chapin Huntington; 1951.

The American Indian Past. Present / / Albert Levering.

The American Indian Past. Present / / Albert Levering.

Print shows two caricatures of Native Americans: a war dance of the past and a football game of the present; a Carlisle Indian School pennent flies from a pole in the stands. Copyright by Keppler & Schwarzman... More

Edward S. Curtis - Kwahwumhl--Koskimo

Edward S. Curtis - Kwahwumhl--Koskimo

Dancer wearing raven mask with coat of cormorant skins during the numhlin ceremony. J197463 U.S. Copyright Office. Curtis no. 3596. Forms part of: Edward S. Curtis Collection (Library of Congress). Published i... More

Hopi Indian "war" dance at the U.S. Capitol

Hopi Indian "war" dance at the U.S. Capitol

National Photo Company Collection (Library of Congress). No. 39919. The original U.S. Capitol building, known as the "Old Capitol," was a small brick building that was completed in 1800. It served as the Capit... More