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TITLE	Chaiwa - Tewa - Profile, Portfolio 12, Plate 415
CREATOR	Curtis, Edward S., 1868-1952
SUBJECT	Tewa Indians; Hopi Indians
Browse Topic	Native Americans Society and culture
DESCRIPTION	“The Hopi villages were established on their present almost inaccessible sites for purposes of defence; and with the same object in view the builders formerly never left a door in the outer walls of the first story, access to the rooms invariably being through hatchways in the roof. On the upper levels low doorways were provided. In cold weather the well-to-do hung a deerskin over the opening, and later, say the traditionists, cottonwood shoots and sunflower stalks were woven into rude doors. A further development consisted of pinon slabs flattened on both sides and bound together by means of deerskin thongs. A pinon slab formed the threshold and another lintel. At one end of both threshold and lintel was a hole, and the projecting, pointed ends of one of the stiles of the door fitted into these holes, so that the door swung as if on hinges. This form of door, the traditionists affirm, was in use when the first clans arrived in the present Hopi country. There is no archeological evidence supporting this contention, however, and such doors are doubtless of Spanish origin” (Curtis, The North American Indian, Volume 12, page 21).
TYPE	Image
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DATE ORIGINAL	1921
Time Period	1920s (1920-1929)
ORIGINAL FORMAT	Photogravure
DIGITAL IDENTIFIER	plate_415.JPG
Date Digital	2012
DIGITAL FORMAT	JPEG (Joint Photographic Experts Group)
REPOSITORY	Arizona State Library, Archives and Public Records. Arizona Capitol Museum Division.
Sort Order	008900