Sacred altar, made of corn meal, in the antelope kiva at the pueblo of Walpi, Arizona, ca.1898

Photograph of a sacred altar made of corn meal in the antelope kiva for the Hopi Snake Dance Ceremony at the pueblo of Walpi, Arizona, ca.1898. The alter, which is an intricate "painting" in multicolored corn meal, is surrounded by numerous long slender curved sticks stuck in small round dried mud pedestals. Several small bowls and baskets sit on the surrounding dirt floor. Several other objects lay on a ledge in shadow in the background.