Scottish Rite Masonic Museum & Library

Home Duties of the Hopi Man
1903
Underwood & Underwood
USA: New York, New York City; United Kingdom: England, London; Canada: Ontario, Toronto; USA: Kansas, Ottawa; USA: New Jersey, Arlington; USA: New Jersey, Westwood
Photograph on paper mounted on board
3 1/2"h x 7"w x 1/8"d
Gift of William Caleb Loring
88.38.28

Sepia-toned stereocard mounted on a gray card showing three Native American men sitting in front of an adobe building. The man in front wears a light shirt, darker pants, and is barefoot. He is stretching out (spinning?) a thread. The man in the middle is holding two wool cards. He has a patterned shirt with a white collar, black pants, and shoes. The man furthest from the viewer is holding a string. He is wearing a patterned button-down shirt, white pants, dark leggings, and lighter shoes. Behind him, there is a ladder and a window. In the upper right corner of the image, there is a fireplace. Printed in black on the front of the card is "Underwood & Underwood, Publishers / New York, London, Toronto-Canada, Ottawa-Kansas. / Work and Studios ~ / Sun Sculpture / Trade Mark / Arlington, N.J. Westwood, N.J. / Home duties of the Hopi Man - a scene at the Indian Village of Oraibi, / Arizona. Copyright 1903 by Underwood & Underwood." Printed in black on the back of the card is "Home duties of the Hopi Indian, Arizona, U. S. A." in English, French, German, Spanish, Swedish, and pre-1917 Russian.