SMOKI – PRESCOTT ARIZONA - LOT OF TWO PHOTOGRAPHS – 1937

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SMOKI – PRESCOTT ARIZONA - LOT OF TWO –  1937
DESCRIPTION
Lot of two (2), 10 ½ x 6 ½, silverprint. One image has paper affixed label “Antelope Priest of the Smoki People, Prescott Arizona…Photo by Floyd Schroeder June 13 1937”. Also stamped credit of Schroeder. Second image is of three people , no id or photo credit.
The Smoki began in 1921 when the Prescott Rodeo needed something to boost attendance. A group of local businessmen came up with the idea of staging a snake dance using live rattlesnakes and patterned after Hopi rituals. They dressed in fancy costumes and were such a hit that they saved the rodeo. Their original intent was to perform a sort of burlesque show, but later the dancers got serious, broke away from the rodeo and began researching Indian ceremonial dances that they would use in their own performances. They did make one change, however — they used bull snakes instead of rattlers. Using funds from the Civilian Works Administration, the Smokis used large rocks and pine logs to erect a meeting hall. Today, the building serves as the museum that houses an excellent variety of native art and related works.
Both images have strong tonality contrast and clarity.
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