Image: "Catching the Bread" part of the ceremony of the Fiesta de San Esteban (Saint Stephen), Acoma Pueblo, ca.1900 (CHS-4514)

Description: "Catching the Bread" part of the ceremony of the Fiesta de San Esteban (Saint Stephen), Acoma Pueblo, ca.1900 Photograph of the "Catching the Bread" part of the ceremony of the Fiesta de San Esteban (Saint Stephen), Acoma Pueblo, ca.1900. A crowd of more than a hundred people -- mostly men, but some women and children as well -- stand on the rocky ground before an adobe building. Some of them stretch their arms forward. Three horses stand behnd the crowd near the building wall. A large tree grows at left. Call number: CHS-4514 Legacy record ID: chs-m16850; USC-1-1-1-13461 Photographer: James, George Wharton Filename: CHS-4514 Coverage date: circa 1900 Part of collection: California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960 Type: images Geographic subject (city or populated place): Acoma Pueblo Repository name: USC Libraries Special Collections Accession number: 4514 Microfiche number: 1-160-16 Archival file: chs_Volume96/CHS-4514.tiff Part of subcollection: Title Insurance and Trust, and C.C. Pierce Photography Collection, 1860-1960 Repository address: Doheny Memorial Library, Los Angeles, CA 90089-0189 Geographic subject (country): USA Format (aacr2): 2 photographs : glass photonegative, photoprint, b&w ; 17 x 22 cm. Rights: Digitally reproduced by the USC Digital Library; From the California Historical Society Collection at the University of Southern California Subject (adlf): tribal areas Project: USC Repository email: specol@usc.edu Identifying number: unidentified no: James-859 Contributing entity: California Historical Society Date created: circa 1900 Publisher (of the digital version): University of Southern California. Libraries Format (aat): photographic prints; photographs Geographic subject (state): New Mexico Format: glass plate negatives Access conditions: Send requests to address or e-mail given. Phone (213) 821-2366; fax (213) 740-2343. Subject (file heading): Indians -- Acoma Subject (lcsh): Indians of North America; Acoma Indians Subject: Acoma Indians
Title: "Catching the Bread" part of the ceremony of the Fiesta de San Esteban (Saint Stephen), Acoma Pueblo, ca.1900 (CHS-4514)
Credit: http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/cdm/ref/collection/p15799coll65/id/16772
Author: James, George Wharton
Usage Terms: Public domain
License: Public domain
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