Amon Carter print details

Hopi Indian Pueblo, Oraibi, Arizona

Object Details

  • Date

    ca. 1908-1928

  • Object Type

    Photographs

  • Medium

    Halftone print

  • Contributors

    Printed by Curt Teich Co.

  • Object Format

    Postcard

  • Dimensions

    3 7/16 x 5 7/16 in.

  • Inscriptions

    Recto:

    l.l. printed: HOPI INDIAN PUEBLO, ORAIBI, ARIZONA.

    Verso:

    u.l. printed: HOPI INDIAN PUEBLO, ORAIBI, ARIZONA. \ Hopi land is in north western Arizona and Oraibi is one \ of the principal villages containing a population of about \ 1200 Indians. \ The houses are built on the style of many other pueblos \ consisting of community terraced houses made into hundreds \ of rooms. The houses are sometimes six and seven stories, \ each terrace being built well back of the one below. The roof \ of the rooms below answering for the front yard of the one im- \ mediately above. They form a picturesque sight resembling \ a giant stairway.

  • Collection Name

    Fred and Jo Mazzulla Collection

  • Credit Line

    Amon Carter Museum of American Art, Fort Worth, Texas

  • Accession Number

    P1976.48.300

  • Copyright

    Public domain

Additional details

Location: Off view
Part of: Fred and Jo Mazzulla Collection

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