Caption

Six of clubs with purification after a 'snake dance', 'The Purification' after Snake Dance, photograph, playing card, Playing card from a box of 53 playing cards with autotype images of Native Americans. The contents include a complete set of playing cards including a joker., photographer: Adam Clark Vroman, United States of America, publisher: Lazarus & Melzer, Los Angeles (city), c. 1900, North America, paper, autotype, height 88 mm x width 63 mm, A faded, sepia-toned photograph shows a group of people in an outdoor village setting with rough stone or adobe structures in the background; several figures are bent over with their hands near the ground, wearing long dark garments, while other standing figures, including one in a lighter top, are visible further back near the buildings; the ground appears uneven and there are scattered bundles or cloths, with a grainy dotted texture across the image and rounded vignette edges fading into a blank border that contains small dark decorative shapes in the corners.

Credit line

Photo12/Liszt Collection

Reference

LZT26B09_465

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Rights managed

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42.0Mb (10.5Mb) / 15.1in x 10.8in / 4530 x 3239 (300dpi)

Keywords

Six clubs purification snake dance Purification Snake Dance photograph playing card Playing card box 53 playing cards autotype images Native Americans contents include complete set playing cards joker photographer Adam Clark Vroman United States America publisher Lazarus & Melzer Los Angeles city c 1900 North America paper autotype height 88 mm x width 63 mm faded sepia-toned photograph group people outdoor village setting rough stone adobe structures background several figures bent hands near ground wearing long dark garments standing figures lighter top visible further back near buildings uneven scattered bundles cloths grainy dotted texture across image rounded vignette edges fading blank border contains small dark decorative shapes corners