Ceremony of the fiesta de San Esteban, Acoma Pueblo, 1886 (CHS-4504)

Ceremony of the fiesta de San Esteban, Acoma Pueblo, 1886
Photograph of a ceremony of the fiesta de San Esteban, Acoma Pueblo, 1886. A procession of about a dozen Acoma Indians can be seen dancing in front of the kisi. They are wearing traditional garments including elaborate headpieces. They carry goards[?] in their hands as they walk in a procession. The kisi is located in the cluster of trees and bushes at right. The building behind the dancers is made of adobe and wood. The rafter tails are exposed. A ladder leans against the building which is pierced with two windows. Several onlookers observe from the roof of the building. The processing is walking to the left.
Call number: CHS-4504
Photographer: James, George Wharton
Filename: CHS-4504
Coverage date: 1886
Part of collection: California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960
Format: glass plate negatives
Type: images
Geographic subject (city or populated place): Acoma Pueblo
Repository name: USC Libraries Special Collections
Accession number: 4504
Microfiche number: 1-160-7
Archival file: chs_Volume96/CHS-4504.tiff
Part of subcollection: Title Insurance and Trust, and C.C. Pierce Photography Collection, 1860-1960
Repository address: Doheny Memorial Library, Los Angeles, CA 90089-0189
Geographic subject (country): USA
Format (aacr2): 2 photographs : glass photonegative, photoprint, b&w ; 17 x 22 cm.
Rights: Digitally reproduced by the USC Digital Library; From the California Historical Society Collection at the University of Southern California
Subject (adlf): tribal areas
Project: USC
Repository email: [email protected]
Contributing entity: California Historical Society
Date created: 1886
Publisher (of the digital version): University of Southern California. Libraries
Format (aat): photographic prints; photographs
Geographic subject (state): New Mexico
Legacy record ID: chs-m16841; USC-1-1-1-13461
Access conditions: Send requests to address or e-mail given. Phone (213) 821-2366; fax (213) 740-2343.
Subject (file heading): Indians -- Acoma
Subject (lcsh): Indians of North America; Acoma Indians
Subject: Acoma Indians; Acoma Indians; Acoma