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Enchanted Mesa. Near Pueblo of Acoma
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Terraced Houses. Acoma. Enchanted Mesa in distance
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This collection of photographs documents Native Americans living in Arizona, New Mexico and Oklahoma between 1904 and 1917. The primary tribes represented are Hopi, Navajo and Taos Pueblo Indians, but there are also Osage, Apache and several other Southwestern tribes. There are many portraits, as well as posed, romantic scenes depicting storytelling, hunting, weaving, or playing instruments. Additional candid views show people in their daily activities, pueblos, and dance ceremonies. In a letter to Henry Huntington, Feb. 12, 1923, Moon describes these photographs as "a complete collection of my Indian pictures made from the beginning of my work in 1904 to 1917. It includes ... the pick of the Fred Harvey collection that I made for them during the period of my contract with them, 1907 to 1914, and my own collection made since the latter date." Besides the portraits, there are scenes of Indians in their daily activities, including baking bread in outdoor ovens, gathering water in pots, riding horses and tending livestock. There are also views of the Hopi Snake Dance, and the Corn Dance at Santo Domingo.
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Acoma, New Mexico from Mesa Encantada
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A view of Acoma, New Mexico take from Mesa Encantada.
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Edge of the Mesa. Painted Desert at left. Hopi
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View of pueblo building on the edge of the mesa.
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A woman washing clothes, Acoma Pueblo
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A woman crouched on a rock wringing out wet clothes, a small pool of water and a bowl nearby, Clothes can be seen in the background laid flat on rocks. Enchanted Mesa is in the far background.
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After the Storm, near Zuni. Mesa at left contains Zuni shrines and sacred altars
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Two Zuni women walking in the desert with a large mesa in the distance.
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Hopi Women. Second Mesa
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Women and children walking in the desert toward the mesa.
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