Ethnography Collection (#28)

Winter hunter[s]-Apsaroke, c1908. Creator: Edward Sheriff Curtis
Winter hunter[s]-Apsaroke, c1908. Two Apsaroke men on horseback riding down a snow-covered hillside

Arikara medicine fraternity-The prayer, c1908. Creator: Edward Sheriff Curtis
Arikara medicine fraternity-The prayer, c1908. Photo shows Arikara shamans, without shirts, backs to camera, seated in a semi-circle around a sacred cedar tree, tipis in background

Yeibichai initiation outdoors, 1904, c1905. Creator: Edward Sheriff Curtis
Yeibichai initiation outdoors, 1904, c1905. Group of Indians, most on horseback, watching initiation of young Indian man

Crying to the spirits, c1908. Creator: Edward Sheriff Curtis
Crying to the spirits, c1908. Hidatsa Indian (Yellow Owl?) standing in field, full-length, wearing fur robe, facing right

Offering to the sun-San Ildefonso, c1927. Creator: Edward Sheriff Curtis
Offering to the sun-San Ildefonso, c1927. Barechested Tewa man with hands raised skyward, each holding a feather, as he faces the sun

The Medicine Man (Slow Bull), c1907. Creator: Edward Sheriff Curtis
The Medicine Man (Slow Bull), c1907. Slow Bull, full-length portrait, facing front, holding pipe, buffalo skull at his feet

Fasting, 1907, c1907. Creator: Edward Sheriff Curtis
Fasting, 1907, c1907. Teton Sioux Indian performing vision cry ceremony through fasting and chanting to the Great Mystery

The Oath-Apsaroke, c1908. Creator: Edward Sheriff Curtis
The Oath-Apsaroke, c1908. Three Apsaroke men gazing skyward, two holding rifles, one with object skewered on arrow pointed skyward, bison skull at their feet

A hill camp, c1910. Creator: Edward Sheriff Curtis
A hill camp, c1910. Tipis and a tent under trees in a Spokane camp; hill in background

Snake priest, c1900. Creator: Edward Sheriff Curtis
Snake priest, c1900. Native American man seated, three-quarter-length, facing front

In the mountains-Spokane, c1910. Creator: Edward Sheriff Curtis
In the mountains-Spokane, c1910. Tipis and a tent under trees; hill in background

A burial platform-Apsaroke, c1908. Creator: Edward Sheriff Curtis
A burial platform-Apsaroke, c1908

The offering-Hu Kalowa Pi ceremony, 1907, c1907. Creator: Edward Sheriff Curtis
The offering-Hu Kalowa Pi ceremony, 1907, c1907. Teton Indian, Slow Bull(?), holding pipe(?) on skull of bison

Waiting in the forest-Cheyenne, c1910. Creator: Edward Sheriff Curtis
Waiting in the forest-Cheyenne, c1910. Cheyenne man, standing in forest, is covered with white blanket except for eyes and nose, hoping to meet his girlfriend

Going to camp, c1908. Creator: Edward Sheriff Curtis
Going to camp, c1908. Apsaroke woman carrying firewood in snow

Antelope Ruin, Cañon del Muerto-Navaho, c1907. Creator: Edward Sheriff Curtis
Antelope Ruin, Canon del Muerto-Navaho, c1907. Antelope House is an ancient pueblo named for nearby Navajo drawings in the Canyon de Chelly

Hu Kalowa Pi, the altar complete, 1907, c1907. Creator: Edward Sheriff Curtis
Hu Kalowa Pi, the altar complete, 1907, c1907. Three Native Americans, Slow Bull, Saliva, and Picket Pin, kneeling with bison skull

Passing the cliff-Apsaroke, c1908. Creator: Edward Sheriff Curtis
Passing the cliff-Apsaroke, c1908. Two Apsaroke on horseback make their way along a shallow stream beside a cliff

Hopi house builder, c1905. Creator: Edward Sheriff Curtis
Hopi house builder, c1905. Hopi Indian buiding adobe house

Incense-Atsina, c1908. Creator: Edward Sheriff Curtis
Incense-Atsina, c1908. Four Atsina men, each wrapped in a blanket, seated on ground, one with arm and fist raised skyward, one holding a wing

Prayer to the mystery, c1907. Creator: Edward Sheriff Curtis
Prayer to the mystery, c1907. Oglala Sioux man, Picket Pin, wearing breechcloth, holding pipe with mouthpiece pointing skyward, buffalo skull at his feet

Yeibichai, patient in sweat bath, 1904, c1905. Creator: Edward Sheriff Curtis
Yeibichai, patient in sweat bath, 1904, c1905. Indian wrapped in blanket with medicine man and another man standing over him

Home of the Havasupai, c1903. Creator: Edward Sheriff Curtis
Home of the Havasupai, c1903. Havasupai woman seated in doorway of wickiup made from small trees, brush, reeds and earth; peach orchard blooms in background, sandstone canyon wall behind

The old bell tower, c1905. Creator: Edward Sheriff Curtis
The old bell tower, c1905. Bell in opening in wall, pueblo buildings in background

The bather-Mandan, c1908. Creator: Edward Sheriff Curtis
The bather-Mandan, c1908. Man standing at river's edge

Yeibichai sweat-Navaho, c1905. Creator: Edward Sheriff Curtis
Yeibichai sweat-Navaho, c1905. Three Navajo men, seated, watching over a man covered with a blanket(?) anchored by sticks with feathers attached

In the forest, c1908. Creator: Edward Sheriff Curtis
In the forest, c1908. Tipi in woods, snow on ground

Hidatsa bull boat, c1908. Creator: Edward Sheriff Curtis
Hidatsa bull boat, c1908

Yebichai prayer, E, c1906. Creator: Edward Sheriff Curtis
Yebichai prayer, E, c1906. Navajo Indians in costumes, dancing

Watching for the signal, c1908. Creator: Edward Sheriff Curtis
Watching for the signal, c1908. Apsaroke Indians on horseback: Wolf, Which Way, Fish Shows, Lone Tree, Child in the Mouth, Medicine Crow, Sitting Elk, and Two Whistles, of Montana

Old Dog-Apsaroke, c1908. Creator: Edward Sheriff Curtis
Old Dog-Apsaroke, c1908. Portrait of man, bust, facing front, wearing fur hat, cloth neckerchief, and beaded buckskin shirt

Mat lodge-Yakima, 1910, c1910. Creator: Edward Sheriff Curtis
Mat lodge-Yakima, 1910, c1910. Photograph shows reed mat covered tepee in grassy field, Washington

Singing deeds of valor, c1908. Creator: Edward Sheriff Curtis
Singing deeds of valor, c1908. Two Dakota men playing hand drums outside of a tipi

A holiday lodge-Yakima, 1910, c1910. Creator: Edward Sheriff Curtis
A holiday lodge-Yakima, 1910, c1910. Two large canvas-covered tepees joined together

A winter day-Apsaroke, c1908. Creator: Edward Sheriff Curtis
A winter day-Apsaroke, c1908. Apsaroke woman standing in snow scooping water from a stream with a can, bucket beside her

The brush-gatherers-Arikara, c1908. Creator: Edward Sheriff Curtis
The brush-gatherers-Arikara, c1908. Group of Arikara women in single file carrying bundles of sticks

When winter comes, c1908. Creator: Edward Sheriff Curtis
When winter comes, c1908. Dakota woman, carrying firewood in snow, approaches tipi

Atsina warriors, c1908. Creator: Edward Sheriff Curtis
Atsina warriors, c1908. Several Atsina warriors on horseback some with feathered staffs and one with a headdress

The scout-Atsina, c1908. Creator: Edward Sheriff Curtis
The scout-Atsina, c1908. Atsina man, full-length portrait, standing, turned right, holding rifle while he looks over a grassy plain

Atsina chiefs, c1908. Creator: Edward Sheriff Curtis
Atsina chiefs, c1908. Two Atsina chiefs on horseback, one with feathered staff and one with a coup stick

Tablita dance-San Ildefonso, 1905, c1905. Creator: Edward Sheriff Curtis
Tablita dance-San Ildefonso, 1905, c1905. Tewa Indians dancing outside of adobe buildings

Winter-Apsaroke, c1908. Creator: Edward Sheriff Curtis
Winter-Apsaroke, c1908. Apsaroke woman carrying firewood in snow, approaching a tipi

Hide stretching-Apsaroke, c1908. Creator: Edward Sheriff Curtis
Hide stretching-Apsaroke, c1908. Apsaroke woman stretching hide that has been secured to the ground by stakes, tipi in background, cliff on left

Drying meat, c1908. Creator: Edward Sheriff Curtis
Drying meat, c1908. Two Dakota women hanging meat to dry on poles, tent in background

Grinding medicine-Zuni, c1903. Creator: Edward Sheriff Curtis
Grinding medicine-Zuni, c1903. Zuni man lying on blanket grinding medicine

The wood gatherer-Sioux, c1908. Creator: Edward Sheriff Curtis
The wood gatherer-Sioux, c1908. Dakota woman carrying firewood on her back in snow

Mother and child-Apsaroke, c1908. Creator: Edward Sheriff Curtis
Mother and child-Apsaroke, c1908. Portrait of a woman, half-length, seated, facing right, holding baby in beaded cradleboard

On the war path-Atsina, c1908. Creator: Edward Sheriff Curtis
On the war path-Atsina, c1908. Small band of Atsina men on horseback, some carrying staffs with feathers, one wearing a war bonnet

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