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HOLLOW, HORN BEAR - Harris & Ewing, Studio Portrait

No Heart / F.B. Fiske, Fort Yates, N. Dak.

[Amos Little, a Sioux Indian from Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show]

Edward S. Curtis - PioPio-Maksmaks--Wallawalla

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[Plenty Holes, a Sioux Indian in feather headress and bone breastpiece, half-length portrait, standing, facing slightly right]

[Gobuguoy, Walpi girl, half-length portrait, facing front, hair tied in swirls on sides of head, metal bead and bell choker, printed cotton dress, cotton shawl around shoulders]

[Tah-Lay, Apache? Indian, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing front, wearing blanket and headband]

[Sioux Indian on horseback, wearing two feathers, beaded buckskin shirt, and leggings, with hills in background]

[Fish Shows, an Apsaroke Indian, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing front, pompadour, temple braids painted white, 2 eagle feathers, disk earring, shell beads with large disk ornaments, beaded buckskin shirt]

[Wades in Water, Piegan Indian, full-length portrait, seated on floor, facing front, with braids, beaded buckskin shirt and leggings, beads with ermine tail trim]

description

Summary

J139765 U.S. Copyright Office.

Edward S. Curtis Collection.

Curtis no. 3097-09.

These portraits are valuable records that document Native American dress and customs at the end of the nineteenth century during an active period of Indian removal and hostilities against Native Americans.Library of Congress holds one of the most important collections of Native American photographic portraits.

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wades in water indians of north america clothing and dress piegan indians photographic prints portrait photographs wades water piegan indian portrait floor braids buckskin shirt buckskin shirt leggings beads ermine tail trim native american american indians race relations american indian men sports racing lot 12322 curtis edward s collection edward s curtis photo piegan indian ermine tail ultra high resolution high resolution library of congress full length portrait facing front portrait
date_range

Date

01/01/1910
person

Contributors

Curtis, Edward S., 1868-1952, photographer
collections

in collections

Indians of North America

Portraits representing the numerous Native American nations that have lived on the Continent.
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Source

Library of Congress
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Link

http://www.loc.gov/
copyright

Copyright info

Public Domain

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Bell Family Residence, Dugout, East slope of Buckskin Mountain, Paradise Valley, Humboldt County, NV

Fifty-seven year old sharecropper woman. Hinds County, Mississippi. Black beads hung between the breasts are good for heart trouble

Edward S. Curtis - Hopi virgin, Head and Shoulders Portrait

Edward S. Curtis - Hipah with Arrow-Brush--Maricopa

Waltz quadrille, Ermine - Public domain American sheet music 1870-1885

Edward S. Curtis - Sitting Eagle, Head and Shoulders Portrait

Edward S. Curtis - Quilcene boy, Head and Shoulders Portrait

Edward S. Curtis - Two Charger Woman

Child's beach or garden set made from a man's worn out and discarded cotton shirt. The dress is trimmed and the hat and bag lined with places from the scrap bag. The color of this trimming corresponds with the color of the stripe in the shirt. The garment is photographed on a child five years old

Edward S. Curtis - A chief's daughter--Nakoaktok

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wades in water indians of north america clothing and dress piegan indians photographic prints portrait photographs wades water piegan indian portrait floor braids buckskin shirt buckskin shirt leggings beads ermine tail trim native american american indians race relations american indian men sports racing lot 12322 curtis edward s collection edward s curtis photo piegan indian ermine tail ultra high resolution high resolution library of congress full length portrait facing front portrait