Navajo ceremonial Mud dance

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Title Navajo ceremonial Mud dance
Subject Indians of North America; Photographs; Horses; Indians of North America--Rites and ceremonies; Indians of North America--Social life and customs; Indian dance--Photographs; Indians of North America--Clothing--Photographs; Landscapes--Photographs; Navajo dance--Photographs; Navajo Indians--Clothing--Photographs; Navajo Indians--Rites and ceremonies--Photographs; Indigenous peoples--North America
Spatial Coverage Monument Valley (Ariz. and Utah); Navajo Indian Reservation; Navajo Nation, Arizona, New Mexico & Utah
Keywords Ceremonial dances; Native American dances; Monument Valley (Ariz. and Utah)--Photographs; Navajo--Rites and ceremonies; Diné culture
Tribe Navajo Nation
Creator McGibbeny, Joseph Howard, 1891-1970
Description Black and white exterior photograph in Monument Valley of Navajo men wearing traditional breechcloths as they prepare for a mud dance. A mobile water tank is streaming water into a shallow hole. Several other men wait in the shade, while other men on horseback are seen in the background. Red rock sandstone formations are in the background
Publisher Multimedia Archives, Special Collections, J. Willard Marriott Library, University of Utah
Date 1930; 1931; 1932; 1933; 1934; 1935; 1936; 1937; 1938; 1939; 1940; 1941; 1942; 1943; 1944; 1945; 1946; 1947; 1948; 1949; 1950
Type Image/StillImage
Format image/jpeg
File Name P0092n02_20_400.tif
Collection Name J. H. McGibbeny
Language eng
Rights
Holding Institution Special Collections, J. Willard Marriott Library, University of Utah
Conversion Specifications Digital image produced on Epson Expression 10000 XL scanner, RGB, at 2000 dpi. Archival file is uncompressed TIF
ARK ark:/87278/s6hh9g67
Setname uaida_main
ID 387900
Reference URL https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6hh9g67
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