[Swallow Bird, Crow Indian, Montana, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing front, painted pompadour, Apsaroke headdress, flannel shirt, beads on chest, studded pipe held in front of right arm]
Summary
H113006 U.S. Copyright Office.
Edward S. Curtis Collection.
Curtis no. 2678-08.
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
01/01/1908
Contributors
Curtis, Edward S., 1868-1952, photographer
Location
Source
Library of Congress
Copyright info
Public Domain