The Year of the Hopi: Paintings and Photographs by Joseph Mora, 1904-06

Joseph Jacinto "Jo" Mora (1876-1947) was an Uruguayan-born American cartoonist, illustrator and cowboy, who lived with the Hopi and wrote extensively about his experiences in California. He was an artist-historian, sculptor, painter, photographer, illustrator, muralist and author. He has been called the "Renaissance Man of the West". From 1904 to 1906, Mora lived with the Hopi and Navajo near Oraibi, Arizona. He took photographs, painted and otherwise recorded the daily life of these Native Americans, including the Hopi Snake Dance. He learned the Native languages and made detailed drawings of what he observed. This book came from an exhibition organized and circulated by the Smithsonian Institution Traveling Exhibition Service from 1979-1981.