Flute dancers at Tureva Spring

Description

The Flute dance is a religious ceremony concerned with bringing rain. It represents the legendary arrival of the Flute people in the Hopi country, their friendly encounter with the clans already there, and the rain-making rites subsequently performed by them for the common good. The episode here represented was photographed at Middle mesa. The individual seated near the right end is an albino, not a white man.

Contemporary print. Catalog date 1921. Hopi Indians. SKU ECP1232. Fine art paper, luster photo paper, or canvas.