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Filter: Creator Name of Curtis, Edward S. 1868-1952
| Date: | 1904 |
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| Description: | Head and shoulders portrait of a Navaho medicine man. |
| Date: | 1915 |
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| Description: | Head and shoulders portrait of a Hesquiat woman. |
| Date: | 1930 |
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| Description: | The original caption reads: "This contented young woman wears a nose-ring and a labret. Her waterproof hooded parka is made of intestinal parchment." A hea... |
| Date: | 1928 |
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| Description: | Seated portrait of a woman, man, and child. |
| Date: | 1908 |
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| Description: | The original caption reads: "A biographical sketch of this subject is given in Volume IV, page 204." A waist-up portrait of a man in profile. |
| Date: | 1910 |
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| Description: | The original caption reads: "Little Plume with his son Yellow Kidney occupies the position of honor, the space at the rear opposite the entrance. The pictu... |
| Date: | 1910 |
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| Description: | The original caption reads: "Medicine-pipes, of which the Piegan have many, are simply long pipe-stems variously decorated with beads, paint, feathers, and... |
| Date: | 1904 |
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| Description: | The original caption reads: "Picturing not only the individual but a characteristic member of the tribe — disdainful, energetic, self-reliant." A head and ... |
| Date: | 1903 |
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| Description: | The original caption reads: "A representative type of the Mohave men." From "The North American Indian," the multi-volume set in which Curtis attempted to ... |
| Date: | 1905 |
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| Description: | Head and shoulders portrait of Duck White. |
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