Hopi woman with hair in butterfly whorls [2]

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Title Hopi woman with hair in butterfly whorls [2]
Subject Indians of North America; Photographs; Hopi Indians; Women; Hopi Indians--Photographs; Hopi women--Photographs; Indigenous peoples--North America
Keywords McGibbeny; Native Americans
Tribe Hopi Peoples
Creator McGibbeny, Joseph Howard, 1891-1970
Description Butterfly or Squash blossom hair style -Announcing her approaching womanhood, a Hopi girl has her hair fashioned in the traditional butterfly or squash blossom whorls. The hair is arranged over a wooden form (later withdrawn) by an aunt or grandmother for the young girl's appearance at the ceremonial dances. Woman with a long silver necklace, floral shawl dropped over her shoulders with an additional red, white, and blue blanket on top of that. She is wearing a aqua shirt under her wrap that has red and green accents. Her hair is done up so that big buns are by her ears. they look like butterfly wings."
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 P0092n01_01_008.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/s6k964nb
Setname uaida_main
ID 387737
Reference URL https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6k964nb
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