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Carl Moon Photographs of Indians of the Southwest and Oklahoma, 1904-1917
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Description: This collection of photographs documents Native Americans living in Arizona, New Mexico and Oklahoma between 1904 and 1917. The primary tribes represented are Hopi, Navajo and Taos Pueblo Indians, but there are also Osage, Apache and several other Southwestern tribes. There are many portraits, as well as posed, romantic scenes depicting storytelling, hunting, weaving, or playing instruments. Additional candid views show people in their daily activities, pueblos, and dance ceremonies. In a letter to Henry Huntington, Feb. 12, 1923, Moon describes these photographs as "a complete collection of my Indian pictures made from the beginning of my work in 1904 to 1917. It includes ... the pick of the Fred Harvey collection that I made for them during the period of my contract with them, 1907 to 1914, and my own collection made since the latter date." Besides the portraits, there are scenes of Indians in their daily activities, including baking bread in outdoor ovens, gathering water in pots, riding horses and tending livestock. There are also views of the Hopi Snake Dance, and the Corn Dance at Santo Domingo.
Type: Visual Materials(Opens in new tab)
Production date: 1904-1917.

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Call number

photCL 313

Creator

Moon, Carl (1878-1948)(Opens in new tab)

Provenance

Purchased by Henry E. Huntington for The Huntington Library from Carl Moon, 1923.

Dimensions

approximately 13 x 16 in. on oversize mounts approximately 22 x 26 in. +

Associated people

Moon, Karl.

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