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Auction 123, Lot 796

"[Lot of 15 - Zuni Ceremonies]", U.S. Gov't Printing Office

Subject: Native Americans

Period: 1904 (published)

Publication: 23rd Annual Report of the Bureau of American Ethnology

Color: Printed Color

Size:
5.5 x 8.5 inches
14 x 21.6 cm
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Beautiful set of heliotype prints from Matilda Cox Stevenson's "The Zuni Indians: Their Mythology, Esoteric Fraternities, and Ceremonies". These prints consist of masks, religious artifacts, altars and scenes of individuals in costumes, preparing for ceremonies. All printed in lovely, full color.

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Condition: A

A couple with minor damp staining along edges, well away from image. Pleasant age toning.

Estimate: $100 - $150

Sold for: $170

Closed on 2/20/2008

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