Hopi Pueblo Women Dressing Hair New Mexico Arizona 1884

135 year old original print from Third annual report of the Bureau of Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, 1881-82, by J. W. Powell, Director. Washington Government Printing Office 1884 

Based on a photograph by John K Hillers.

View of a Hopi woman, seated on a rock, combing the hair of a man who is sitting on the ground, with a woman leaning against a wall behind them. According to James Stevenson's original note for this photograph (prepared circa 1885), the 'brush-like comb used combines two articles in one. A bunch of long round-bladed grass is selected, and around the butt of it, a short distance from the end, a string is tightly wrapped. The butt-end is utilized as a comb, while the long end is used as a broom, and sometimes as a strainer. For the latter use, the brush end is flattened by the hand and thumb. This is held over a bowl, and the goats milk poured through it. The picture shows some of the details of hair-dressing among the [Hopi].

Size of sheet: 11.5” X 7.5”, Image size 6” X 5”.

Condition: Very clean sheet. See photos.

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