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Edward S. Curtis - [Head-and-shoulders portrait of Navajo woman, facing front]
Summary
Navajo woman wearing silver squash blossom necklace, concho belt, blanket draped over shoulders.
H52460 U.S. Copyright Office.
Edward S. Curtis Collection.
Curtis no. 1019.
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.
Tags
Date
01/01/1904
Contributors
Curtis, Edward S., 1868-1952, photographer
Location
Dead Women Crossing, 35.56783, -98.65091
Source
Library of Congress
Copyright info
Public Domain
