Gallup Inter-Tribal Indian Ceremonial

Dateca. 1950

Mediumgelatin silver print

Dimensions7 3/8 × 9 1/2 in. (18.7 × 24.1 cm)

ClassificationsPhotography

Credit LineAlbuquerque Museum, gift of John Airy

Terms

Object numberPA1982.181.1099

DescriptionTwo young women in Shoshoni-Arapaho ceremonial dress stand in front of a teepee at the Gallup Inter-Tribal Indian Ceremonial in Gallup, New Mexico. They are wearing beaded necklaces over fringed dresses and wear feathered headbands. There is a fence in the background.
A typed caption on the back of the photograph reads, "The Inter-Tribal Indian Ceremonial held at Gallup, New Mexico, in August each year ranks as th epremier Indian show of the Southwest, drawing Indians from more than 30 tribes. These are Shoshoni-Arapaho Indian girls, who posed for the camera in front of their teepee."

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