Hopi Indian snake priest sits near the entrance to the kiva during the Hopi Snake Dance Ceremony, Oraibi, Arizona, ca.1898

Photograph of a Hopi Indian snake priest sitting near and about to descend through the entrance to the kiva during the Hopi Snake Dance Ceremony, Oraibi, Arizona, ca.1898. The top of a ladder going into the raised stone entrance of the kiva towers over his head. A pile of sticks lays near the opening. Adobe dwellings of the pueblo are visible in the background.