Axial Commons Image Treasury
Bronze medallion with two faces: a Hopi figure with a snake and the word HOPI, and a running figure beneath lightning labeled Prayer for Rain.

Hopi Prayer for Rain, bronze medal by Hermon A. MacNeil

Two bronze medallion faces show low-relief scenes. One side has a dancer with a snake beside a kneeling figure and the word HOPI below. The reverse shows a running figure reaching toward lightning and rain, with the inscription PRAYER FOR RAIN.

Artist
Hermon A. MacNeil
Date
1931
Medium
bronze
Source
Smithsonian (Smithsonian American Art Museum)
Size
3000 × 1599 px
Download full size
Public domain · Smithsonian (Smithsonian American Art Museum) releases this image under CC0 (latest date 1931).
Rights checked 2026-11-05 · tier A · as stated by the source: CC0 (Smithsonian Open Access)

Credit (appreciated, not required for public-domain works): Smithsonian Institution, Smithsonian American Art Museum