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Primitive style of hairdressing
1 2018-03-16T21:12:15-07:00 Erik Loyer f862727c4b34febd6a0341bffd27f168a35aa637 29482 1 The arrangement imitates the squash-blossom and indicates virginity. Within the last decade it has become rare, except on ceremonial occasions. plain 2018-03-16T21:12:15-07:00 Curtis, Edward S. 1868-1952 1921 Digital images of the plates supported by an award from the Library of Congress/Ameritech National Digital Library Competition, and mounted in American Memory. See http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/award98/ienhtml/curthome.html
Digital reproduction of the photomechanical print cp12024 - portfolio 12 plate no. 423 For educational, non-commercial use only. Written permission required for any reproduction beyond fair use. Credit: Northwestern University Library, Edward S. Curtis's "The North American Indian," 2003.
http://digital.library.northwestern.edu/curtis/ The North American Indian (1907-1930) v.12, The Hopi ([Seattle] : E.S. Curtis ; [Cambridge, Mass. : The University Press], 1922), plate no. 423 1 photogravure : brown ink ; 45 x 33 cm [plate size]
Original photogravure produced in Cambridge, Mass. by Suffolk Engraving Co. http://curtis.library.northwestern.edu/curtis/info.cgi?id=nai.12.port.00000025.p Erik Loyer f862727c4b34febd6a0341bffd27f168a35aa637
1 2018-03-16T21:12:57-07:00 Erik Loyer f862727c4b34febd6a0341bffd27f168a35aa637 "Primitive" Erik Loyer 1 plain 2018-03-16T21:12:57-07:00 Erik Loyer f862727c4b34febd6a0341bffd27f168a35aa637
1 2018-03-16T21:11:16-07:00 Vanishing race - Navaho 1 The thought which this picture is meant to convey is that the Indians as a race, already shorn in their tribal strength and stripped of their primitive dress, are passing into the darkness of an unknown future. Feeling that the picture expresses so much of the thought that inspired the entire work, the author has chosen it as the first of the series. plain 2018-03-16T21:11:16-07:00 Curtis, Edward S. 1868-1952 1904 Digital images of the plates supported by an award from the Library of Congress/Ameritech National Digital Library Competition, and mounted in American Memory. See http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/award98/ienhtml/curthome.html
Digital reproduction of the photomechanical print cp01001 - portfolio 1 plate no. 1 For educational, non-commercial use only. Written permission required for any reproduction beyond fair use. Credit: Northwestern University Library, Edward S. Curtis's "The North American Indian," 2003.
http://digital.library.northwestern.edu/curtis/ The North American Indian (1907-1930) v.01, The Apache. The Jicarillas. The Navaho ([Seattle] : E.S. Curtis ; [Cambridge, Mass. : The University Press], 1907), plate no. 1 1 photogravure : brown ink ; 36 x 44 cm [plate size]
Original photogravure produced in Boston by John Andrew & Son http://curtis.library.northwestern.edu/curtis/info.cgi?id=nai.01.port.00000002.p
1 2018-03-16T21:07:00-07:00 Scout - Apache 1 The primitive Apache in his mountain home. plain 2018-03-16T21:07:00-07:00 Curtis, Edward S. 1868-1952 1906 Digital images of the plates supported by an award from the Library of Congress/Ameritech National Digital Library Competition, and mounted in American Memory. See http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/award98/ienhtml/curthome.html
Digital reproduction of the photomechanical print cp01013 - portfolio 1 plate no. 13 For educational, non-commercial use only. Written permission required for any reproduction beyond fair use. Credit: Northwestern University Library, Edward S. Curtis's "The North American Indian," 2003.
http://digital.library.northwestern.edu/curtis/ The North American Indian (1907-1930) v.01, The Apache. The Jicarillas. The Navaho ([Seattle] : E.S. Curtis ; [Cambridge, Mass. : The University Press], 1907), plate no. 13 1 photogravure : brown ink ; 35 x 44 cm [plate size]
1 2018-03-16T21:11:17-07:00 Jicarilla women 1 Women watching the races on their annual ceremonial or feast day. It will be observed that they are all dressed uniformly in garments cut after the primitive mode. plain 2018-03-16T21:11:17-07:00 Curtis, Edward S. 1868-1952 1904 Digital images of the plates supported by an award from the Library of Congress/Ameritech National Digital Library Competition, and mounted in American Memory. See http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/award98/ienhtml/curthome.html
1 2018-03-16T21:11:18-07:00 Son of the desert - Navaho 1 In the early morning this boy, as if springing from the earth itself, came to the author's desert camp. Indeed, he seemed a part of the very desert. His eyes bespeak all of the curiosity, all of the wonder of his primitive mind striving to grasp the meaning of the strange things about him. plain 2018-03-16T21:11:18-07:00 Curtis, Edward S. 1868-1952 1904 Digital images of the plates supported by an award from the Library of Congress/Ameritech National Digital Library Competition, and mounted in American Memory. See http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/award98/ienhtml/curthome.html
1 2018-03-16T21:11:27-07:00 Ogalala woman 1 A face so strong that it is almost masculine, showing strikingly how slight may be the difference between the male and female physiognomy in some primitive people. plain 2018-03-16T21:11:27-07:00 Curtis, Edward S. 1868-1952 1907 Digital images of the plates supported by an award from the Library of Congress/Ameritech National Digital Library Competition, and mounted in American Memory. See http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/award98/ienhtml/curthome.html
http://digital.library.northwestern.edu/curtis/ The North American Indian (1907-1930) v.03, The Teton Sioux. The Yanktonai. The Assiniboin ([Seattle] : E.S. Curtis ; [Cambridge, Mass. : The University Press], 1908), plate no. 94 1 photogravure : brown ink ; 46 x 34 cm [plate size]
1 2018-03-16T21:11:51-07:00 Kutenai camp 1 The scene is a thinly wooded, sandy peninsula at the southern end of Flathead lake. Here the author's camp was pitched in 1909 during some weeks of investigation into the primitive life of the Kutenai. plain 2018-03-16T21:11:51-07:00 Curtis, Edward S. 1868-1952 1910 Digital images of the plates supported by an award from the Library of Congress/Ameritech National Digital Library Competition, and mounted in American Memory. See http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/award98/ienhtml/curthome.html
Digital reproduction of the photomechanical print cp07035 - portfolio 7 plate no. 254 For educational, non-commercial use only. Written permission required for any reproduction beyond fair use. Credit: Northwestern University Library, Edward S. Curtis's "The North American Indian," 2003.
http://digital.library.northwestern.edu/curtis/ The North American Indian (1907-1930) v.07, The Yakima. The Klickitat. Salishan tribes of the interior. The Kutenai ([Seattle] : E.S. Curtis ; [Cambridge, Mass. : The University Press], 1911), plate no. 254 1 photogravure : brown ink ; 45 x 34 cm [plate size]
1 2018-03-16T21:11:51-07:00 Rush gatherer - Kutenai 1 Rushes gathered in swamps and in the shallows of the lakes were dried and strung together into mats, which primitively were used for lodge-covers, mattresses, canoe cushions, and for a variety of domestic purposes. plain 2018-03-16T21:11:51-07:00 Curtis, Edward S. 1868-1952 1910 Digital images of the plates supported by an award from the Library of Congress/Ameritech National Digital Library Competition, and mounted in American Memory. See http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/award98/ienhtml/curthome.html
Digital reproduction of the photomechanical print cp07036 - portfolio 7 plate no. 255 Rush gatherer – Kutenai - photogravure plate For educational, non-commercial use only. Written permission required for any reproduction beyond fair use. Credit: Northwestern University Library, Edward S. Curtis's "The North American Indian," 2003.
1 2018-03-16T21:11:14-07:00 Primitive Quinault 1 Among the Coast Salish the aboriginal dress of women was a knee-length kilt of thick, cedar-bark fringe. No other garment was worn except when cold or rain made goat-hair or vegetal-fibre blankets or capes desireable. plain 2018-03-16T21:11:14-07:00 Curtis, Edward S. 1868-1952 1912 Digital images of the plates supported by an award from the Library of Congress/Ameritech National Digital Library Competition, and mounted in American Memory. See http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/award98/ienhtml/curthome.html
Digital reproduction of the photomechanical print cp09001 - portfolio 9 plate no.293 For educational, non-commercial use only. Written permission required for any reproduction beyond fair use. Credit: Northwestern University Library, Edward S. Curtis's "The North American Indian," 2003.
http://digital.library.northwestern.edu/curtis/ The North American Indian (1907-1930) v.09, Salishan tribes of the coast. The Chimakum and the Quilliute. The Willapa ([Seattle] : E.S. Curtis ; [Cambridge, Mass. : The University Press], 1913), plate no. 293 1 photogravure : brown ink ; 44 x 30 cm [plate size]
1 2018-03-16T21:12:05-07:00 Kwakiutl house-frame 1 The two long beams in the middle are twin ridge-timbers, which are supported in the rear, as in the front, by a transverse beam resting on two uprights. At the extreme right and left are the eaves-timbers. The longitudinal and circular flutes of the columns are laboriously produced by means of a small hand-adze of primitive form. This frame is at the village Memkumlis. Another view is given in the illustration facing page 36. Kwakiutl houses are discussed on page 6. plain 2018-03-16T21:12:05-07:00 Curtis, Edward S. 1868-1952 1914 Digital images of the plates supported by an award from the Library of Congress/Ameritech National Digital Library Competition, and mounted in American Memory. See http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/award98/ienhtml/curthome.html
http://digital.library.northwestern.edu/curtis/ The North American Indian (1907-1930) v.10, The Kwakiutl ([Seattle] : E.S. Curtis ; [Cambridge, Mass. : The University Press], 1915), plate no. 343 1 photogravure : brown ink ; 35 x 43 cm [plate size]
1 2018-03-16T21:12:06-07:00 Rounding into port - Qagyhl 1 The primitive Kwakiutl sail for canvas was a sheet of cedar-bark matting, and on catamarans a large, square section of thin boards was propped up against the wind. Canvas is now used. The painting on the canoe at the left represents "sisiutl", the mythical double-headed serpent. The carved figure-heads of the middle canoe and the one on the right are respectively an eagle and a bear. The bear canoe is further embellished with highly conventionalized paintings of the head, flipper and tail of a whale. plain 2018-03-16T21:12:06-07:00 Curtis, Edward S. 1868-1952 1914 Digital images of the plates supported by an award from the Library of Congress/Ameritech National Digital Library Competition, and mounted in American Memory. See http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/award98/ienhtml/curthome.html
Digital reproduction of the photomechanical print cp10024 - portfolio 10 plate no. 352 Rounding into port – Qagyhl - photogravure plate For educational, non-commercial use only. Written permission required for any reproduction beyond fair use. Credit: Northwestern University Library, Edward S. Curtis's "The North American Indian," 2003.
1 2018-03-16T21:12:09-07:00 On the shores at Nootka 1 Two women wearing the primitive bark blanket and nose-ornament, and with clam-baskets on their backs, rest on the beach while waiting for the tide to fall and uncover the clam-beds. plain 2018-03-16T21:12:09-07:00 Curtis, Edward S. 1868-1952 1915 Digital images of the plates supported by an award from the Library of Congress/Ameritech National Digital Library Competition, and mounted in American Memory. See http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/award98/ienhtml/curthome.html
Digital reproduction of the photomechanical print cp11002 - portfolio 11 plate no. 366 Shores of Nootka Sound - photogravure plate For educational, non-commercial use only. Written permission required for any reproduction beyond fair use. Credit: Northwestern University Library, Edward S. Curtis's "The North American Indian," 2003.
http://digital.library.northwestern.edu/curtis/ The North American Indian (1907-1930) v.11, The Nootka. The Haida ([Seattle] : E.S. Curtis ; [Cambridge, Mass. : The University Press], 1916), plate no. 366 1 photogravure : brown ink ; 35 x 43 cm [plate size]
1 2018-03-16T21:11:13-07:00 Boarding the canoe 1 A Hesquiat berry-picker in primitive garb on the bold shores of Clayoquot sound. The barefoot natives make their way without difficulty over barnacle-covered rocks such as these. It will be noted that the canoe has been fitted with rowlocks. plain 2018-03-16T21:11:13-07:00 Curtis, Edward S. 1868-1952 1915 Digital images of the plates supported by an award from the Library of Congress/Ameritech National Digital Library Competition, and mounted in American Memory. See http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/award98/ienhtml/curthome.html
Digital reproduction of the photomechanical print cp11007 - portfolio 11 plate no. 371 Whale ceremonial – Clayoquot - photogravure plate For educational, non-commercial use only. Written permission required for any reproduction beyond fair use. Credit: Northwestern University Library, Edward S. Curtis's "The North American Indian," 2003.
1 2018-03-16T21:06:54-07:00 Oldest man of Nootka 1 This individual is the most primitive relic in the modernized village of Nootka. Stark naked, he may be seen hobbling about the beach or squatting in the sun, living in thought in the golden age when the social and ceremonial customs of his people were what they had always been. plain 2018-03-16T21:06:54-07:00 Curtis, Edward S. 1868-1952 1915 Digital images of the plates supported by an award from the Library of Congress/Ameritech National Digital Library Competition, and mounted in American Memory. See http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/award98/ienhtml/curthome.html
Digital reproduction of the photomechanical print cp11011 - portfolio 11 plate no.375 For educational, non-commercial use only. Written permission required for any reproduction beyond fair use. Credit: Northwestern University Library, Edward S. Curtis's "The North American Indian," 2003.
1 2018-03-16T21:12:09-07:00 Bark gatherer 1 These people still use large quantities of yellow-cedar bark in the manufacture of mats, and formerly this material furnished them their clothing also. The Hesquiat woman in the picture has a bulky pack of bark on her back, and in her hand is a steel-bladed adz of the primitive type. plain 2018-03-16T21:12:09-07:00 Curtis, Edward S. 1868-1952 1915 Digital images of the plates supported by an award from the Library of Congress/Ameritech National Digital Library Competition, and mounted in American Memory. See http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/award98/ienhtml/curthome.html
1 2018-03-16T21:12:15-07:00 Primitive style of hairdressing 1 The arrangement imitates the squash-blossom and indicates virginity. Within the last decade it has become rare, except on ceremonial occasions. plain 2018-03-16T21:12:15-07:00 Curtis, Edward S. 1868-1952 1921 Digital images of the plates supported by an award from the Library of Congress/Ameritech National Digital Library Competition, and mounted in American Memory. See http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/award98/ienhtml/curthome.html
Original photogravure produced in Cambridge, Mass. by Suffolk Engraving Co. http://curtis.library.northwestern.edu/curtis/info.cgi?id=nai.12.port.00000025.p
1 2018-03-16T21:12:17-07:00 A Klamath 1 The entire costume here depicted is alien to the primitive Klamath. The feather head-dress and fringed shirt and leggings of deerskin were adopted by this tribe within the historical period, along with other phases of the Plains culture, which extended its influence to the Klamath country by way of Columbia river and the plains of central Oregon. plain 2018-03-16T21:12:17-07:00 Curtis, Edward S. 1868-1952 1923 Digital images of the plates supported by an award from the Library of Congress/Ameritech National Digital Library Competition, and mounted in American Memory. See http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/award98/ienhtml/curthome.html
http://digital.library.northwestern.edu/curtis/ The North American Indian (1907-1930) v.13, The Hupa. The Yurok. The Karok. The Wiyot. The Tolowa and Tututni. The Shasta. The Achomawi. The Klamath ([Seattle] : E.S. Curtis ; [Cambridge, Mass. : The University Press], 1924), plate no. 441 1 photogravure : brown ink ; 45 x 34 cm [plate size]
1 2018-03-16T21:12:20-07:00 Woman's primitive dress - Tolowa 1 This is the gala costume of Coast Athapascan women. The ordinary dress was a deerskin kilt with the opening at the front protected by a fringed apron of deerskin or of bark. Ordinarily the feet and the upper part of the body were bare. plain 2018-03-16T21:12:20-07:00 Curtis, Edward S. 1868-1952 1923 Digital images of the plates supported by an award from the Library of Congress/Ameritech National Digital Library Competition, and mounted in American Memory. See http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/award98/ienhtml/curthome.html
Digital reproduction of the photomechanical print cp13026 - portfolio 13 plate no. 461 Woman's primitive dress – Tolowa - photogravure plate For educational, non-commercial use only. Written permission required for any reproduction beyond fair use. Credit: Northwestern University Library, Edward S. Curtis's "The North American Indian," 2003.
1 2018-03-16T21:12:21-07:00 Hupa woman in primitive costume 1 This is an excellent example of the gala costume of Hupa women. The deerskin skirt is worn about the hips and meets in front, where the opening is covered by a similar garment. Both are fringed and heavily beaded, and the strands of the apron are ornamented with the shells of pine-nuts. plain 2018-03-16T21:12:21-07:00 Curtis, Edward S. 1868-1952 1923 Digital images of the plates supported by an award from the Library of Congress/Ameritech National Digital Library Competition, and mounted in American Memory. See http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/award98/ienhtml/curthome.html
1 2018-03-16T21:12:26-07:00 Diegueño home 1 The Diegueños, a Yuman division formerly inhabiting practically the whole of San Diego county, are now found on about a dozen small reservations. Although they were not formerly agriculturists like the Colorado River Yumans, many of them take excellent care of their little ranches. Such houses as the one shown here are not of the primitive type, though they are constructed of the same materials. plain 2018-03-16T21:12:26-07:00 Curtis, Edward S. 1868-1952 1924 Digital images of the plates supported by an award from the Library of Congress/Ameritech National Digital Library Competition, and mounted in American Memory. See http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/award98/ienhtml/curthome.html
http://digital.library.northwestern.edu/curtis/ The North American Indian (1907-1930) v.15, Southern California Shoshoneans. The Dieguenos Plateau Shoshoneans. The Washo ([Seattle] : E.S. Curtis ; [Cambridge, Mass. : The University Press], 1926), plate no. 524 1 photogravure : brown ink ; 36 x 44 cm [plate size]
Original photogravure produced in Norwood, Mass. by Plimpton Press http://curtis.library.northwestern.edu/curtis/info.cgi?id=nai.15.port.00000018.p
1 2018-03-16T21:12:27-07:00 Primitive artist - Paviotso 1 A side of the glaciated bowlder near the southwestern shore of Walker lake is covered with phallic symbols in faded red. plain 2018-03-16T21:12:27-07:00 Curtis, Edward S. 1868-1952 1924 Digital images of the plates supported by an award from the Library of Congress/Ameritech National Digital Library Competition, and mounted in American Memory. See http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/award98/ienhtml/curthome.html
Digital reproduction of the photomechanical print cp15029 - portfolio 15 plate no. 536 Primitive artist – Paviotso - photogravure plate For educational, non-commercial use only. Written permission required for any reproduction beyond fair use. Credit: Northwestern University Library, Edward S. Curtis's "The North American Indian," 2003.
Original photogravure produced in Norwood, Mass. by Plimpton Press http://curtis.library.northwestern.edu/curtis/info.cgi?id=nai.15.port.0000030.p
1 2018-03-16T21:07:03-07:00 Primitive Apache home 1 plain 2018-03-16T21:07:03-07:00 Curtis, Edward S. 1868-1952 1903 Digital images of the plates supported by an award from the Library of Congress/Ameritech National Digital Library Competition, and mounted in American Memory. See http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/award98/ienhtml/curthome.html
Digital reproduction of the photomechanical print ct01015 - volume 1 facing: page 14 For educational, non-commercial use only. Written permission required for any reproduction beyond fair use. Credit: Northwestern University Library, Edward S. Curtis's "The North American Indian," 2003.
http://digital.library.northwestern.edu/curtis/ The North American Indian (1907-1930) v.01, The Apache. The Jicarillas. The Navaho ([Seattle] : E.S. Curtis ; [Cambridge, Mass. : The University Press], 1907), Facing page 14 1 photogravure : brown ink ; 13.6 x 18.4 cm [image size], 18 x 22 cm [plate size]
Original photogravure produced in Boston by John Andrew & Son http://curtis.library.northwestern.edu/curtis/info.cgi?id=nai.01.book.00000050.p
1 2018-03-16T21:09:27-07:00 Primitive Mohave 1 plain 2018-03-16T21:09:27-07:00 Curtis, Edward S. 1868-1952 1907 Digital images of the plates supported by an award from the Library of Congress/Ameritech National Digital Library Competition, and mounted in American Memory. See http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/award98/ienhtml/curthome.html
http://digital.library.northwestern.edu/curtis/ The North American Indian (1907-1930) v.02, The Pima. The Papago. The Qahatika. The Mohave. The Yuma. The Maricopa. The Walapai. The Havasupai. The Apache-Mohave, or Yavapai ([Seattle] : E.S. Curtis ; [Cambridge, Mass. : The University Press], 1908), Facing page 50 1 photogravure : brown ink ; 18.9 x 13.4 cm [image size], 23 x 16 cm [plate size]
1 2018-03-16T21:09:27-07:00 Primitive transportation - Mohave 1 plain 2018-03-16T21:09:27-07:00 Curtis, Edward S. 1868-1952 1907 Digital images of the plates supported by an award from the Library of Congress/Ameritech National Digital Library Competition, and mounted in American Memory. See http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/award98/ienhtml/curthome.html
1 2018-03-16T21:10:52-07:00 Primitive dress - Quinault 1 plain 2018-03-16T21:10:52-07:00 Curtis, Edward S. 1868-1952 1912 Digital images of the plates supported by an award from the Library of Congress/Ameritech National Digital Library Competition, and mounted in American Memory. See http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/award98/ienhtml/curthome.html
http://digital.library.northwestern.edu/curtis/ The North American Indian (1907-1930) v.09, The Salishan tribes of the coast. The Chimakum and the Quilliute. The Willapa ([Seattle] : E.S. Curtis ; [Cambridge, Mass. : The University Press], 1913), Facing page 40 1 photogravure : brown ink ; 18.6 x 9.7 cm [image size], 23 x 12 cm [plate size]
1 2018-03-16T21:10:58-07:00 A primitive camp 1 plain 2018-03-16T21:10:58-07:00 Curtis, Edward S. 1868-1952 1912 Digital images of the plates supported by an award from the Library of Congress/Ameritech National Digital Library Competition, and mounted in American Memory. See http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/award98/ienhtml/curthome.html
Digital reproduction of the photomechanical print ct09062 - volume 9 facing: page 124 For educational, non-commercial use only. Written permission required for any reproduction beyond fair use. Credit: Northwestern University Library, Edward S. Curtis's "The North American Indian," 2003.
http://digital.library.northwestern.edu/curtis/ The North American Indian (1907-1930) v.09, The Salishan tribes of the coast. The Chimakum and the Quilliute. The Willapa ([Seattle] : E.S. Curtis ; [Cambridge, Mass. : The University Press], 1913), Facing page 124 1 photogravure : brown ink ; 17.8 x 13.3 cm [image size], 22 x 17 cm [plate size]
1 2018-03-16T21:08:38-07:00 Primitive Chemehuevi dwelling 1 plain 2018-03-16T21:08:38-07:00 Curtis, Edward S. 1868-1952 1924 Digital images of the plates supported by an award from the Library of Congress/Ameritech National Digital Library Competition, and mounted in American Memory. See http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/award98/ienhtml/curthome.html
Digital reproduction of the photomechanical print ct15049 - volume 15 facing: page 104 For educational, non-commercial use only. Written permission required for any reproduction beyond fair use. Credit: Northwestern University Library, Edward S. Curtis's "The North American Indian," 2003.
http://digital.library.northwestern.edu/curtis/ The North American Indian (1907-1930) v.15, Southern California Shoshoneans. The Diegueños. Plateau Shoshoneans. The Washo ([Seattle] : E.S. Curtis ; [Cambridge, Mass. : The University Press], 1926), Facing page 104 1 photogravure : brown ink ; 14 x 19 cm [image size], 18 x 22 cm [plate size]
Original photogravure produced in Cambridge, MA, by Suffolk Engraving Co. http://curtis.library.northwestern.edu/curtis/info.cgi?id=nai.15.book.00000165.p
1 2018-03-16T21:13:02-07:00 Erik Loyer f862727c4b34febd6a0341bffd27f168a35aa637 List of Large Plates Supplementing Volume Twelve Erik Loyer 1 Media Gallery structured_gallery 2018-03-16T21:13:02-07:00 Erik Loyer f862727c4b34febd6a0341bffd27f168a35aa637
1 2018-03-16T21:12:12-07:00 Loitering at the spring 1 A group of Walpi and Hano girls in holiday attire. The background is a typical bit of Southwestern desert. plain 2018-03-16T21:12:12-07:00 Curtis, Edward S. 1868-1952 1921 Digital images of the plates supported by an award from the Library of Congress/Ameritech National Digital Library Competition, and mounted in American Memory. See http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/award98/ienhtml/curthome.html
1 2018-03-16T21:12:12-07:00 Buffalo dance at Hano 1 The Buffalo dance at the Upper Rio Grande pueblos was lately introduced among the Hopi, who attach no religious significance to it. plain 2018-03-16T21:12:12-07:00 Curtis, Edward S. 1868-1952 1921 Digital images of the plates supported by an award from the Library of Congress/Ameritech National Digital Library Competition, and mounted in American Memory. See http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/award98/ienhtml/curthome.html
1 2018-03-16T21:12:12-07:00 Tewa girl 1 An excellent feminine type of these early immigrants from the Rio Grande. The arrangement of her hair suggests that she is unmarried. plain 2018-03-16T21:12:12-07:00 Curtis, Edward S. 1868-1952 1921 Digital images of the plates supported by an award from the Library of Congress/Ameritech National Digital Library Competition, and mounted in American Memory. See http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/award98/ienhtml/curthome.html
1 2018-03-16T21:12:12-07:00 Hopi mother 1 plain 2018-03-16T21:12:12-07:00 Curtis, Edward S. 1868-1952 1921 Digital images of the plates supported by an award from the Library of Congress/Ameritech National Digital Library Competition, and mounted in American Memory. See http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/award98/ienhtml/curthome.html
1 2018-03-16T21:12:12-07:00 Antelopes and snakes at Oraibi 1 The Antelope fraternity, at the right, and the Snake fraternity facing them at the left, engage in singing prior to handling the reptiles in the Snake dance. At the extreme right is the kisi, a cottonwood booth in which sits the custodian of the snake-jars, ready to hand out the reptiles one by one to the dancers. plain 2018-03-16T21:12:12-07:00 Curtis, Edward S. 1868-1952 1921 Digital images of the plates supported by an award from the Library of Congress/Ameritech National Digital Library Competition, and mounted in American Memory. See http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/award98/ienhtml/curthome.html
1 2018-03-16T21:12:12-07:00 Watching the dancers 1 A group of girls on the topmost roof of Walpi, looking down into the plaza. plain 2018-03-16T21:12:12-07:00 Curtis, Edward S. 1868-1952 1906 Digital images of the plates supported by an award from the Library of Congress/Ameritech National Digital Library Competition, and mounted in American Memory. See http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/award98/ienhtml/curthome.html
1 2018-03-16T21:12:12-07:00 Hopi girl 1 Soft, regular features are characteristic of Hopi young women, and no small part of a mother's time is used to be devoted to dressing the hair of her unmarried daughters. The aboriginal style is rapidly being abandoned, and the native one-piece dress here illustrated is seldom seen even at the less advanced of the Hopi pueblos. plain 2018-03-16T21:12:13-07:00 Curtis, Edward S. 1868-1952 1905 Digital images of the plates supported by an award from the Library of Congress/Ameritech National Digital Library Competition, and mounted in American Memory. See http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/award98/ienhtml/curthome.html
1 2018-03-16T21:12:13-07:00 Evening in Hopi land 1 plain 2018-03-16T21:12:13-07:00 Curtis, Edward S. 1868-1952 1906 Digital images of the plates supported by an award from the Library of Congress/Ameritech National Digital Library Competition, and mounted in American Memory. See http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/award98/ienhtml/curthome.html
1 2018-03-16T21:12:13-07:00 Honovi - Walpi snake priest, with Totokya Day painting 1 This plate depicts the accoutrement of a Snake dancer on the day of the Antelope dance (see Volume XII, pages 146-149). The right hand grasps a pair of eagle-feathers - the "snake whip" - and the left a bag of ceremonial meal. Honovi was one of the author's principal informants. plain 2018-03-16T21:12:13-07:00 Curtis, Edward S. 1868-1952 1921 Digital images of the plates supported by an award from the Library of Congress/Ameritech National Digital Library Competition, and mounted in American Memory. See http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/award98/ienhtml/curthome.html
1 2018-03-16T21:12:13-07:00 On the housetop 1 A typical village scene illustrating many features of pueblo architecture. At the extreme left is the entrance of an underground kiva, with the tips of the ladder projecting. In the central foreground is a baking-room, where piki is prepared, and to the left is an outdoor oven for baking loaf-bread. plain 2018-03-16T21:12:13-07:00 Curtis, Edward S. 1868-1952 1921 Digital images of the plates supported by an award from the Library of Congress/Ameritech National Digital Library Competition, and mounted in American Memory. See http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/award98/ienhtml/curthome.html
1 2018-03-16T21:12:13-07:00 Walpi 1 Picturesque Walpi, perched on the point of a rocky island in a sea of sand, is an irregular, rambling community-house, built without design, added to in haphazard fashion as need arose; yet it constitutes a perfectly satisfying artistic whole. plain 2018-03-16T21:12:13-07:00 Curtis, Edward S. 1868-1952 1907 Digital images of the plates supported by an award from the Library of Congress/Ameritech National Digital Library Competition, and mounted in American Memory. See http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/award98/ienhtml/curthome.html
1 2018-03-16T21:12:13-07:00 Hopi woman 1 plain 2018-03-16T21:12:13-07:00 Curtis, Edward S. 1868-1952 1905 Digital images of the plates supported by an award from the Library of Congress/Ameritech National Digital Library Competition, and mounted in American Memory. See http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/award98/ienhtml/curthome.html
1 2018-03-16T21:12:13-07:00 Hopi maiden 1 plain 2018-03-16T21:12:13-07:00 Curtis, Edward S. 1868-1952 1905 Digital images of the plates supported by an award from the Library of Congress/Ameritech National Digital Library Competition, and mounted in American Memory. See http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/award98/ienhtml/curthome.html
1 2018-03-16T21:12:14-07:00 Counting the record 1 A series of marks cut into the rock at Middle mesa records the losses inflicted on the marauding enemies in a former generation. plain 2018-03-16T21:12:14-07:00 Curtis, Edward S. 1868-1952 1921 Digital images of the plates supported by an award from the Library of Congress/Ameritech National Digital Library Competition, and mounted in American Memory. See http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/award98/ienhtml/curthome.html
1 2018-03-16T21:12:14-07:00 Chaiwa - Tewa 1 plain 2018-03-16T21:12:14-07:00 Curtis, Edward S. 1868-1952 1921 Digital images of the plates supported by an award from the Library of Congress/Ameritech National Digital Library Competition, and mounted in American Memory. See http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/award98/ienhtml/curthome.html
Digital reproduction of the photomechanical print cp12015 - portfolio 12 plate no. 414 Chaiwa – Tewa - photogravure plate For educational, non-commercial use only. Written permission required for any reproduction beyond fair use. Credit: Northwestern University Library, Edward S. Curtis's "The North American Indian," 2003.
1 2018-03-16T21:12:14-07:00 Chaiwa - Tewa, profile 1 plain 2018-03-16T21:12:14-07:00 Curtis, Edward S. 1868-1952 1921 Digital images of the plates supported by an award from the Library of Congress/Ameritech National Digital Library Competition, and mounted in American Memory. See http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/award98/ienhtml/curthome.html
1 2018-03-16T21:12:14-07:00 At the trysting place 1 plain 2018-03-16T21:12:14-07:00 Curtis, Edward S. 1868-1952 1921 Digital images of the plates supported by an award from the Library of Congress/Ameritech National Digital Library Competition, and mounted in American Memory. See http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/award98/ienhtml/curthome.html
1 2018-03-16T21:12:14-07:00 East side of Walpi 1 Few illustrations of Hopi architecture show as much regularity as this view of a Walpi street. plain 2018-03-16T21:12:14-07:00 Curtis, Edward S. 1868-1952 1921 Digital images of the plates supported by an award from the Library of Congress/Ameritech National Digital Library Competition, and mounted in American Memory. See http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/award98/ienhtml/curthome.html
1 2018-03-16T21:12:14-07:00 Snake priest 1 The white markings, typifying the antelope, indicate that the subject is accoutred for the semi-final day of the Snake dance, when the public performance consists of the dance and the ceremonial race of the Antelope fraternity. plain 2018-03-16T21:12:14-07:00 Curtis, Edward S. 1868-1952 1900 Digital images of the plates supported by an award from the Library of Congress/Ameritech National Digital Library Competition, and mounted in American Memory. See http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/award98/ienhtml/curthome.html
1 2018-03-16T21:12:14-07:00 Potter mixing clay 1 This woman, so aged that her shrivelled skin hangs in folds, still finds pleasure in creating artistic and utilitarian pieces of pottery. plain 2018-03-16T21:12:14-07:00 Curtis, Edward S. 1868-1952 1921 Digital images of the plates supported by an award from the Library of Congress/Ameritech National Digital Library Competition, and mounted in American Memory. See http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/award98/ienhtml/curthome.html
1 2018-03-16T21:12:14-07:00 Hopi man 1 In this physiognomy we read the dominant traits of Hopi character. The eyes speak of wariness, if not downright distrust. The mouth shows great possibilities of unyielding stubbornness. Yet somewhere in this face lurks an expression of masked warmheartedness and humanity. plain 2018-03-16T21:12:14-07:00 Curtis, Edward S. 1868-1952 1921 Digital images of the plates supported by an award from the Library of Congress/Ameritech National Digital Library Competition, and mounted in American Memory. See http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/award98/ienhtml/curthome.html
1 2018-03-16T21:12:15-07:00 Hopi architecture 1 The house-walls are about eighteen inches thick, and consist of fragments of sandstone, shaped by fracture but undressed, and bound together with mud plaster. The upper levels of the terraced buildings are reached by ladders and by stone steps. plain 2018-03-16T21:12:15-07:00 Curtis, Edward S. 1868-1952 1921 Digital images of the plates supported by an award from the Library of Congress/Ameritech National Digital Library Competition, and mounted in American Memory. See http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/award98/ienhtml/curthome.html
1 2018-03-16T21:12:15-07:00 Snake dancers entering the plaza 1 At the right stand the Antelopes, in front of the booth containing the snake-jars. The Snakes enter the plaza, encircle it four times with military tread, and then after a series of songs remarkable for their irresistible movement, they proceed to dance with the reptiles. plain 2018-03-16T21:12:15-07:00 Curtis, Edward S. 1868-1952 1921 Digital images of the plates supported by an award from the Library of Congress/Ameritech National Digital Library Competition, and mounted in American Memory. See http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/award98/ienhtml/curthome.html
1 2018-03-16T21:12:15-07:00 Walpi man 1 plain 2018-03-16T21:12:15-07:00 Curtis, Edward S. 1868-1952 1921 Digital images of the plates supported by an award from the Library of Congress/Ameritech National Digital Library Competition, and mounted in American Memory. See http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/award98/ienhtml/curthome.html
1 2018-03-16T21:12:15-07:00 Mishongnovi 1 A comprehensive view of this interesting Middle Mesa pueblo. On an eminence in the middle background is Shipaulovi, and at the right, several miles distant, is Shongopavi, on another tongue of the mesa. plain 2018-03-16T21:12:15-07:00 Curtis, Edward S. 1868-1952 1900 Digital images of the plates supported by an award from the Library of Congress/Ameritech National Digital Library Competition, and mounted in American Memory. See http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/award98/ienhtml/curthome.html
1 2018-03-16T21:12:15-07:00 Potter 1 Every visitor at East mesa knows Nampeyo, the potter of Hano, whose creations excel those of any rival. Stranger wander into her house, welcome though unbidden, but Nampeyo only works and smiles. In the plate her paint-stone occupies the central foreground. plain 2018-03-16T21:12:15-07:00 Curtis, Edward S. 1868-1952 1906 Digital images of the plates supported by an award from the Library of Congress/Ameritech National Digital Library Competition, and mounted in American Memory. See http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/award98/ienhtml/curthome.html
1 2018-03-16T21:12:15-07:00 East mesa girls 1 plain 2018-03-16T21:12:15-07:00 Curtis, Edward S. 1868-1952 1921 Digital images of the plates supported by an award from the Library of Congress/Ameritech National Digital Library Competition, and mounted in American Memory. See http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/award98/ienhtml/curthome.html
1 2018-03-16T21:12:16-07:00 Modified style of hairdressing 1 plain 2018-03-16T21:12:16-07:00 Curtis, Edward S. 1868-1952 1921 Digital images of the plates supported by an award from the Library of Congress/Ameritech National Digital Library Competition, and mounted in American Memory. See http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/award98/ienhtml/curthome.html
1 2018-03-16T21:12:16-07:00 Walpi snake priest 1 This subject is Koyawaima ("gray [dawn] walking"), who has been chief of the fraternity since 1899. plain 2018-03-16T21:12:16-07:00 Curtis, Edward S. 1868-1952 1900 Digital images of the plates supported by an award from the Library of Congress/Ameritech National Digital Library Competition, and mounted in American Memory. See http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/award98/ienhtml/curthome.html
1 2018-03-16T21:12:16-07:00 Snake dancer in costume 1 plain 2018-03-16T21:12:16-07:00 Curtis, Edward S. 1868-1952 1900 Digital images of the plates supported by an award from the Library of Congress/Ameritech National Digital Library Competition, and mounted in American Memory. See http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/award98/ienhtml/curthome.html
1 2018-03-16T21:11:06-07:00 Flute dancers at Tureva Spring 1 The Flute dance is a religious ceremony concerned with bringing rain. It represents the legendary arrival of the Flute people in the Hopi country, their friendly encounter with the clans already there, and the rain-making rites subsequently performed by them for the common good. The episode here represented was photographed at Middle mesa. The individual seated near the right end is an albino, not a white man. plain 2018-03-16T21:11:06-07:00 Curtis, Edward S. 1868-1952 1921 Digital images of the plates supported by an award from the Library of Congress/Ameritech National Digital Library Competition, and mounted in American Memory. See http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/award98/ienhtml/curthome.html
1 2018-03-16T21:12:16-07:00 Piki maker 1 Piki is cornbread baked in colored sheets of paper-like thinness. The batter is spread on the baking stone with the bare hand, and the quickly baked sheet is folded and laid on the basket at the baker's left. plain 2018-03-16T21:12:16-07:00 Curtis, Edward S. 1868-1952 1906 Digital images of the plates supported by an award from the Library of Congress/Ameritech National Digital Library Competition, and mounted in American Memory. See http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/award98/ienhtml/curthome.html
1 2018-03-16T21:12:16-07:00 Depositing a prayer-stick 1 Round, painted sticks with feathers attached by cotton cords are deposited in various places, particularly in springs and at shrines, in supplication to the spirits associated with the locality. plain 2018-03-16T21:12:16-07:00 Curtis, Edward S. 1868-1952 1921 Digital images of the plates supported by an award from the Library of Congress/Ameritech National Digital Library Competition, and mounted in American Memory. See http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/award98/ienhtml/curthome.html
1 2018-03-16T21:12:16-07:00 Tewa girls 1 plain 2018-03-16T21:12:16-07:00 Curtis, Edward S. 1868-1952 1921 Digital images of the plates supported by an award from the Library of Congress/Ameritech National Digital Library Competition, and mounted in American Memory. See http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/award98/ienhtml/curthome.html
Digital reproduction of the photomechanical print cp12035 - portfolio 12 plate no. 434 Tewa girl - photogravure plate For educational, non-commercial use only. Written permission required for any reproduction beyond fair use. Credit: Northwestern University Library, Edward S. Curtis's "The North American Indian," 2003.
1 2018-03-16T21:12:16-07:00 Water carriers 1 plain 2018-03-16T21:12:16-07:00 Curtis, Edward S. 1868-1952 1921 Digital images of the plates supported by an award from the Library of Congress/Ameritech National Digital Library Competition, and mounted in American Memory. See http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/award98/ienhtml/curthome.html