United States, Arizona, Hopi, Walpi
Early 20th century
Gelatin silver print from glass slide
9 3/4 × 14" (image) | Mounted: 14 × 16 1/2"
Provenance: Utah Trade, Museum of Northern Colorado
This photograph by Horace Swartley Poley shows a Hopi pueblo near Walpi, Arizona. The original title uses the historical term "Moki," an older spelling used in nineteenth and early twentieth-century sources for Hopi subjects. Poley was a photographer and traveling lecturer who used projected images in public presentations, including views of Native American communities, archaeological sites, and the developing Southwest.
The image records the pueblo architecture within an open desert setting, with the settlement placed low beneath a broad sky. As a gelatin silver print from a glass slide, it reflects both photographic documentation and the lecture-image culture of the period. The Museum of Northern Colorado provenance adds useful institutional and collecting context.
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United States, Arizona, Hopi, Walpi
Early 20th century
Gelatin silver print from glass slide
9 3/4 × 14" (image) | Mounted: 14 × 16 1/2"
Provenance: Utah Trade, Museum of Northern Colorado
This photograph by Horace Swartley Poley shows a Hopi pueblo near Walpi, Arizona. The original title uses the historical term "Moki," an older spelling used in nineteenth and early twentieth-century sources for Hopi subjects. Poley was a photographer and traveling lecturer who used projected images in public presentations, including views of Native American communities, archaeological sites, and the developing Southwest.
The image records the pueblo architecture within an open desert setting, with the settlement placed low beneath a broad sky. As a gelatin silver print from a glass slide, it reflects both photographic documentation and the lecture-image culture of the period. The Museum of Northern Colorado provenance adds useful institutional and collecting context.
We ship free anywhere in the world, fully insured, packed by hand.
