Chaiwa - Tewa - Profile, Portfolio 12, Plate 415
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
RIGHTS MANAGEMENT
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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.
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