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
Keywords Ceremonial dances; Native American dances; Monument Valley (Ariz. and Utah)--Photographs; Navajo--Rites and ceremonies; Diné culture
Publisher Multimedia Archives, Special Collections, J. Willard Marriott Library, University of Utah
File Name P0092n02_20_400.tif
Tribe Navajo Nation
Collection Name J. H. McGibbeny
Language eng
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
Type Image/StillImage
Format image/jpeg
Rights
Conversion Specifications Digital image produced on Epson Expression 10000 XL scanner, RGB, at 2000 dpi. Archival file is uncompressed TIF
ARK ark:/87278/s6hh9g67
Holding Institution Special Collections, J. Willard Marriott Library, University of Utah
Creator McGibbeny, Joseph Howard, 1891-1970
Date 1930; 1931; 1932; 1933; 1934; 1935; 1936; 1937; 1938; 1939; 1940; 1941; 1942; 1943; 1944; 1945; 1946; 1947; 1948; 1949; 1950
Spatial Coverage Monument Valley (Ariz. and Utah); Navajo Indian Reservation; Navajo Nation, Arizona, New Mexico & Utah
Setname uaida_main
ID 387900
Reference URL https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6hh9g67
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