Interior of a Tewa House in Moqui, Arizona
Photographer
Cobb Studio
Dateca. 1900
Mediumglass plate negative
Dimensions5 × 8 in. (12.7 × 20.3 cm)
ClassificationsPhotography
Credit LineAlbuquerque Museum, gift of Walter C. Haussamen
Object numberPA1990.013.254.A
DescriptionCopy of a negative of the interior of a Tewa Hopi house in Moqui, Arizona. Three people sit inside a room with baskets, water jugs, a gourd, and pots on wooden shelves and on the ground. There is a young woman grinding corn in the middle of the group. Her hair is set in butterfly whorls, the hair style for unmarried women, wears a multistrand beaded necklace, silver rings and bracelets. To her right sits a young man whose hair is pulled back in a que with bangs in the front. He also wears a beaded necklace with a large pendant at the center and dangling earrings. To the young woman's left sits a middle-aged person with a shawl wrapped around their shoulders, a dress gathered at one shoulder with a long-sleeved blouse beneath, and has bangs. They hold a small broom in one hand and a large ceramic pot in the other. On the wall behind the young woman and man are drawings, some of which appear to be advertisements for European style fashion.
Silver mirroring and emulsion deterioration is occurring on the glass plate creating color distortion and emulsion loss. The left side of the glass plate is broken and missing.
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