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Walpi pueblo, First Mesa, Arizona



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    Walpi, Hopi Pueblo on the First Mesa, Painted Desert, Arizona

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    This set of photographs by Frederick Monsen focuses on Native Americans of the Southwest in mostly candid views taken in Pueblo communities, approx. 1886-1911. Photographs include portraits, ceremonies, dances, pueblos, livestock and scenes of daily activities. A smaller portion of the collection consists of landscapes, cliff-dwellings, ruins, gold miners, wagons and scenes of pioneer life in the West. Some photographs were made by Monsen while he was with U.S. Geological Surveys (including the Brown-Stanton survey of 1889), and others during his own photography trips. The majority of Native Americans pictured are Hopi and Navajo, but there are also Paiute, Apache, and Pueblo Indians. There are a few views of Mojave Indians of Southern California, and natives of Baja, Mexico. There are several views of Indian children, shown with and without clothes, in their daily activities. Scenes of non-Indian Western life include men in covered wagons on trails, gold prospectors and stagecoaches. There are many artistic landscape views of canyons, buttes and mesas; Death Valley; salt beds; ancient ruins; cactus and other desert plants. Unusual subjects of note are three photographs of skeletons in the deserts of Arizona and one view of the covered bodies of prospectors being carried on burros. The prints are all signed by Monsen and have typed or handwritten captions on the back, written by Monsen.

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  • Hopi House, Walpi, First Mesa, Arizona

    Hopi House, Walpi, First Mesa, Arizona

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    View of a small two-level pueblo house with ladder. A Hopi man is seen on the stairs.

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  • Mishongnovi and Sipaulovi, Hopitowns on the Second Mesa, Arizona

    Mishongnovi and Sipaulovi, Hopitowns on the Second Mesa, Arizona

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    Pueblo buildings with ladders, baskets and other objects in view.

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  • A house cluster in Hopi village of Shongopavi, Arizona

    A house cluster in Hopi village of Shongopavi, Arizona

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    Several Hopi men, women and children seen around a two-story pueblo structure, with ladders and pots in the vicinity.

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    Snake Priest, Walpi Pueblo Dance, 1890, Hopiland, Arizona

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    This set of photographs by Frederick Monsen focuses on Native Americans of the Southwest in mostly candid views taken in Pueblo communities, approx. 1886-1911. Photographs include portraits, ceremonies, dances, pueblos, livestock and scenes of daily activities. A smaller portion of the collection consists of landscapes, cliff-dwellings, ruins, gold miners, wagons and scenes of pioneer life in the West. Some photographs were made by Monsen while he was with U.S. Geological Surveys (including the Brown-Stanton survey of 1889), and others during his own photography trips. The majority of Native Americans pictured are Hopi and Navajo, but there are also Paiute, Apache, and Pueblo Indians. There are a few views of Mojave Indians of Southern California, and natives of Baja, Mexico. There are several views of Indian children, shown with and without clothes, in their daily activities. Scenes of non-Indian Western life include men in covered wagons on trails, gold prospectors and stagecoaches. There are many artistic landscape views of canyons, buttes and mesas; Death Valley; salt beds; ancient ruins; cactus and other desert plants. Unusual subjects of note are three photographs of skeletons in the deserts of Arizona and one view of the covered bodies of prospectors being carried on burros. The prints are all signed by Monsen and have typed or handwritten captions on the back, written by Monsen.

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  • Shokunyoma, wife of the War Chief of Walpi Pueblo, Arizona

    Shokunyoma, wife of the War Chief of Walpi Pueblo, Arizona

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    Standing portrait of a Hopi woman. Includes detailed view of adobe and rock walls in pueblo.

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