Hopi Snake Dance footage, Wàlpi (1911?) – William E. Kopplin

Not viewed. Duration and other technical specifications unknown.

Background: This footage was shot by the Santa Fe railroad executive, William E. Kopplin, probably in 1911. It formed but one part of a large number of images of Native peoples of the Southwest that were produced by this railway company for use in promotional material aimed at developing tourism in the region. 

The location of the footage is unknown, but prints taken from it, some reversed, are reproduced in McLuhan and Kopplin 1985 (details below).

Texts: Lyon 1988: 262; McLuhan and Kopplin 1985: 131ff, Zega 2001.

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