HOPI SNAKE CEREMONIES, First Edition [SOLD]

HOPI SNAKE CEREMONIES by Jesse Walter Fewkes

Selections from Bureau of American Ethnology Annual Reports Nos. 16 and 19

For the years 1894-95 and 1897-98

This edition published by Avanyu Publishing, Albuquerque 1986, FIRST EDITION

Softcover, 160 pages, 51 black and white photos.

Cover art by Hopi artist Neil David, Sr.

Condition: new

This is a compilation of two essays dating from 1894 and 1897 as reported to the Bureau of American Ethnology by Jesse Walter Fewkes from personal observations of the Hopi Snake Dance.  These firsthand, eyewitness accounts describe in detail one of the most famous and spectacular of all Native American ceremonial events. This revised edition adds several never before published photographs.