Name/Title
StereographEntry/Object ID
2023.055.3.0219Description
A black and white stereograph. Image is of two Native Americans standing beside a river, in the background are several Pueblo buildings. Above the image "T139 (Star)" is printed, below the image "13720 Pueblo of t Taos Indians, Toas, N. Mexico." is printed, to the left of the image "Keystone View Company COPYRIGHTED Manufacturers MADE IN U.S.A. Publishers" is printed, to the right of the image "Meadville, Pa., New York, N. Y., Chicago, Ill., London, England." is printed. On the reverse the following is printed:
211-(13720)
PUEBLO OF TAOS INDIANS
Lat. 36 (Degrees) N., Long. 106 (Degrees) W.
The Pueblo Indians of the Southest were very different from those farther east and north. They were partly civilized and knew how to weave baskets and blankets and to make pottery.
They are rather shorter and darker in color than other Indians, but are very strong, with great endurance. They are able to walk or run long distances or climb difficult mountain trails with burdens that would tax the strongest white man. They are not warlike and oftend build their homes on high mesas (pronunciation) or on cliffs for the sake of security. Their homes are of adobe (pronunciation) (sun-dried brick) or stone set in clay mortar. The rooms are square with flat roofs. Sometimes as a precaution against attack their houses were made with no outside doors or windows. Then a trap door in the roof with a ladder gave access to the interior. Different families do not have separate houses, but all live in one great building to which rooms are added as needed. Sometimes a whoel village will live in one compact building like this. An important feature of each pueblo is the underground chamer for the use of various ceremonials. The are very fond of ceremonials and have one for each occasion. The snake dance of the Hopi (pronuciation) Indians is an example. Each man has but one wife and the woman is the head of the house.
The Pueblo Indians are skilled in making pottery and in weaving blankets and baskets, each Peublo having its own patterns by which its baskets may be known. They cultivated the land, raising corn, beans, melons and various vegetables. Sometimes they construct irrigation systems to bring water to these fields. They grind the corn between two stones and bake it in cakes upon hot stones. Notice the ovens.
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