Visual Materials

Mootchka, leader of Hopi snake dance at Tuba City

Description: A view of a Hopi Dancer daubed with mud and paint with matted hair and a hair skirt.
Type: Visual Materials(Opens in new tab)
Call number: photCL Pierce 01954
Find out more: View in the Huntington Digital Library(Opens in new tab); View in the Library catalog(Opens in new tab)

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