Entrance to the kiva during the Hopi Snake Dance Ceremony, Oraibi, Arizona, ca.1898

Photograph of the entrance to the kiva or kisi during the Hopi Snake Dance Ceremony, Oraibi, Arizona, ca.1898. The top of a ladder going into the raised stone entrance of the kiva sticks way up above it. A pile of sticks lay the opening. Adobe dwellings of the pueblo are visible in the background at left. The desert is visible in the background at right