CURTIS, Edward S., photographer. 80 volume photogravures on tissue of Native American subjects.
80 volume photogravures on tissue: MonWan ("Shining Light")-Nambe. -- White and Yellow Cow-Atsina. -- A Nez Perce. -- Cree Woman with Fur Robe. -- Astanihkyi ("Come-Singing")-Blood. -- A Ponca Dancer. -- A Blackfoot Tipi. -- Maricopa Water Girl. -- Blackfoot War-Bonnet. -- Skokomish Baskets. -- By the Old Well at San Juan. -- Thinking of the Old Days-Klamath. -- Nez Perce Girl. -- Qahatika Matron. -- Nakoaktok Warrior. -- Animal Dance-Cheyenne. -- Atlumhl-Koskimo. -- Last Home of Joseph-Nez Perce. -- Big Ox-Apsaroke. -- A Wichita Dancer. -- A Winter Day-Apsaroke. -- Black Man-Arapaho. -- Basket Used in Puberty Rites-Pomo. -- A Yurok Cemetery. -- The Mush Basket-Karok. -- Hipa-Maricopa. -- The Scout-Apsaroke. -- A Klamath Profile. -- A Mat Lodge-Umatilla. -- White River-Apache. -- Zahadolzha-Navaho. -- Rattles of Arikara Bear Medicine Man. -- A Gathering War Party-Atsina. -- Prayer to the Cedar-Arikara. -- Pomo Dance Costume. -- A Young Warrior-Nez Perce. -- Kwahwumhl-Koskimo.
At Memkumlis. -- Arikara Medicine Ceremony-The Bears. -- The Bear Emerges-Arikara. -- The Octopus Catcher-Qagyuhl. -- A Sea-Otter Hunter. -- A Chief's Son-Assiniboin. -- Spidis-Wishham. -- Assiniboin Bowman. -- The Buffalo-Medicine-Arikara. -- A Baby Apsaroke. -- A Mixed-Blood Coast Pomo. -- The Harvester-Cahuilla. -- Lame Deer Monuments-Cheyenne. -- Navaho Still Life. -- Wishham Child. -- Woman's Costume-Cheyenne. -- Kiho Carrier-Qahatika. -- Havchach Weaving-Maricopa. -- A Comanche Child. -- The Mush Basket-Karok. --A Klamath Head-Dress. -- A Klamath Profile. -- Weitchpec George-Yurok. -- Mohave Still Life. -- Cayuse Profile. -- Wishham Female Profile. -- A Shaman or Medicine Woman. -- Achomawi Mother and Child. -- GanAskidi, Zahadolzha. Haschelti-Navaho. -- A Tolowa. -- Flathead Woman-Apsaroke. -- Tonenili, Tobadzischini. Nayenezgani-Navaho. -- Haschelti, Haschebaad, Zahadolzha-Navaho. -- Naemahlpunkuma-Hahuamis. -- Komuqi-Qagyuhl. -- Spokan Woman. -- Wood Gatherers-Cheyenne. -- Spidis-Wishham. -- A Buffalo Fall-Piegan. -- A Nakoaktok Mawihl. -- A Grave House-Piegan. -- Antelope Ruin - Canon del Muerto. -- Sisiutl-Qagyuhl.
Together, 80 photogravures with copyright dates between 1905-1926, images approx. 5 1/2 x 7 1/4 in. (not including margins), most affixed at each corner to 9 1/2 x 12 1/2 in. sheet. Condition generally very good, some sheets with toning and occasional light spotting to margins, some with edge and corner wear.
Property from the Collection of Stanley B. Slocum
This lot is located in Cincinnati.
