1880s NATIVE AMERICAN HOPI INDIAN CORN DANCE CABINET CARD PHOTO By WITTICK


1880s NATIVE AMERICAN HOPI INDIAN CORN DANCE CABINET CARD PHOTO By WITTICK

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1880s NATIVE AMERICAN HOPI INDIAN CORN DANCE CABINET CARD PHOTO By WITTICK:
$345.00


Rare and original, 1880\'s Albumen Oversize Cabinet Card Photograph of the Native American Moqui / Hopi Indian Corn Dance. This wonderful, period, Card Mount, Albumen Photograph measures approx. 7 1/2” by 4 1/2” and is mounted on its original Card Mount (overall size is 8 1/2” by 5 1/4”). The subject is identified in the negative as \"Corn dance of the Moqui Indians, Hualpi Pueblo, Arizona\". The image is signed the negative \"Wittick\" and the card mount has the imprint of Ben Wittick\'s Albuquerque, New Mexico Studio. The Image was taken around 1884 by either Ben Wittick or A. Frank Randell who collaborated to produce some of the finest images of Southwester Native American Indians.


The Image features a fascinating view at the Hualpi (also known as the Walpi) Pueblo with a long line of male Hopi dancers and other Hopi men and women gathered to view the ceremony. It has been suggested that this is a Snake Dance rather than a Corn Dance but we have no idea how to tell the difference.


This rare and wonderful, Native American Indian, Boudoir / Oversize Cabinet Card Photograph is in very good condition. The Photograph exhibits sharp focus and good contrast and tonality although it is somewhat light. There is also mottling to the Photograph (as is typical of Wittick Cabinet Cards) as can be seen in the scans below. Both the Photograph and the card mount are generally clean and crisp with only very light soiling and light edge wear to the card mount.


A very rare and very attractive, 1880\'s Oversize Albumen Cabinet Card Photo of the Native American Moqui / Hopi Indian Corn Danc and a fantastic addition to any collection!!!


Some information about the Photographers A. Frank Randall and Ben Wittick:


A. Frank Randall operated out of Willcox, Arizona as an itinerant photographer beginning about 1883. Randall is primarily known for his work documenting the Navajo, Hopi and Apache. Randall and Ben Wittick were involved in the creation of one of the finest groups of images of Native Americans of the West, a series of about 100 boudoir cabinet portraits, produced at and around Fort Apache from about 1883 to 1885.


The studio backgrounds for the photographs are similar, and props such as cactus, blankets and rifles appear repeatedly in many of these images. Most are also rich with props from the daily life of the subjects like baskets, pottery, jewelry and crafts. Some images in the series are credited to Randall in hand stamped or printed labels on the reverse of the mount. Others have a \"Wittick\" credit inscribed in the emulsion of the negative, or are on Wittick imprinted mounts. Some are uncredited, and individual images have been found with credits which differ among examples.


Determining which photographer made a given image has become a significant mystery. One image, a portrait of Wittick with Peaches and two armed apache was obviously taken by Randall or an assistant. Though there are many theories and hypotheses, the relationship between Randall and Wittick in producing these incredible images has yet to be uncovered. Details about whether the images were jointly produced, if Randall and Wittick duplicated and exchanged some of the negatives, or if this work resulted from the shared use of a common studio space may never be known.

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1880s NATIVE AMERICAN HOPI INDIAN CORN DANCE CABINET CARD PHOTO By WITTICK:
$345.00

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