North American Indian Collection (page 8)

The rush gatherer, c1908. Creator: Edward Sheriff Curtis
The rush gatherer, c1908. Indian woman holding rushes

Zosh Clishn-Apache, c1906. Creator: Edward Sheriff Curtis
Zosh Clishn-Apache, c1906. Zosh Clishn, half-length portrait, facing front, looking down, wrapped in a blanket and wearing several necklaces

Yuls-Huls-Walking, c1906. Creator: Edward Sheriff Curtis
Yuls-Huls-Walking, c1906. Yuls-Huls-Walking, half-length portrait, facing front, wearing several necklaces and a Christian medallion

Yakotlus-Quatsino, c1914. Creator: Edward Sheriff Curtis
Yakotlus-Quatsino, c1914. Yakotlus, Kwakiutl man, head-and-shoulders portrait, seated, facing right

Tsahizn Tseh, c1906. Creator: Edward Sheriff Curtis
Tsahizn Tseh, c1906. Tsahizn Tseh, bust portrait, facing front, with a bandana covering his head

Yakotlus-Quatsino (Profile), c1914. Creator: Edward Sheriff Curtis
Yakotlus-Quatsino (Profile), c1914. Yakotlus, bust portrait, right profile

Spotted Bull-Mandan, c1908. Creator: Edward Sheriff Curtis
Spotted Bull-Mandan, c1908. Spotted Bull, head-and-shoulders portrait, right profile

Tlahleelis-Koprino, c1914. Creator: Edward Sheriff Curtis
Tlahleelis-Koprino, c1914. Tlahleelis, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing left

Raven Blanket-Nez Percé, c1910. Creator: Edward Sheriff Curtis
Raven Blanket-Nez Perce, c1910. Raven Blanket, half-length portrait, facing right, wearing several necklaces and warbonnet with ermine streamers

Many Goats, c1904. Creator: Edward Sheriff Curtis
Many Goats, c1904. Many Goats, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing right

Mizheh and babe, c1906. Creator: Edward Sheriff Curtis
Mizheh and babe, c1906. Apache woman, at base of tree, holding infant in cradleboard in her lap

A Washo woman, c1924. Creator: Edward Sheriff Curtis
A Washo woman, c1924. Washo woman, bust portrait, facing right

Arapaho maiden, three-quarter-length portrait, standing, facing right, c1910. Creator: Edward Sheriff Curtis
Arapaho maiden, three-quarter-length portrait, standing, facing right, c1910

Lelehalt-Quilcene, c1913. Creator: Edward Sheriff Curtis
Lelehalt-Quilcene, c1913. Lelehalt, Quilcene man, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing front

A desert Cahuilla woman, c1924. Creator: Edward Sheriff Curtis
A desert Cahuilla woman, c1924. Head-and-shoulders portrait of Native American woman, facing left

Sailing-Qagyuhl, c1914. Creator: Edward Sheriff Curtis
Sailing-Qagyuhl, c1914. Three Kwakiutl people in a canoe with a single sail

Kutenai camp [Curtis's camp], c1910. Creator: Edward Sheriff Curtis
Kutenai camp [Curtis's camp], c1910. Tipi and tent nestled among trees, in foreground, canoe pulled ashore

Wishham (i.e. Wishram) girl, c1910. Creator: Edward Sheriff Curtis
Wishham (i.e. Wishram) girl, c1910. Tlakluit woman, half-length portrait, facing front, wearing a heavily beaded buckskin dress, several necklaces, beads, shells

Country of the Kutenai [Flathead Lake, Montana], c1910. Creator: Edward Sheriff Curtis
Country of the Kutenai [Flathead Lake, Montana], c1910. Kootenai Indian standing an elk hide canoe which is beached on the rocky shore of Flathead Lake, Montana

By the river-Flathead, c1910. Creator: Edward Sheriff Curtis
By the river-Flathead, c1910. Flathead woman kneeling, dipping horn cup in water at river's edge

Wife of Modoc Henry [A]-Klamath, c1923. Creator: Edward Sheriff Curtis
Wife of Modoc Henry [A]-Klamath, c1923. Klamath woman, bust portrait, facing front

Shores of Walker Lake-Paviotso, c1924. Creator: Edward Sheriff Curtis
Shores of Walker Lake-Paviotso, c1924. Paviotso man standing on rock, fishing with spear in Walker Lake

Chinook female profile, 1910, c1910. Creator: Edward Sheriff Curtis
Chinook female profile, 1910, c1910. Head-and-shoulders portrait of an elderly American Indian woman, facing right

The Bowman-Nootka, c1910. Creator: Edward Sheriff Curtis
The Bowman-Nootka, c1910. Rear view of Indian standing on rock in water and aiming arrow

Sisiutl-Qagyuhl, c1914. Creator: Edward Sheriff Curtis
Sisiutl-Qagyuhl, c1914. Sisiutl, one of the main dancers in the Winter Dance ceremonies, wearing a double-headed serpent mask and shirt made of hemlock boughs

Antelope ruin-Navaho, c1906. Creator: Edward Sheriff Curtis
Antelope ruin-Navaho, c1906. Ruins of buildings next to wall on canyon floor

Nane-Qagyuhl, c1914. Creator: Edward Sheriff Curtis
Nane-Qagyuhl, c1914. Man dressed in a full-body bear costume. The bear had the duty of guarding the dance house

The saguaro harvest-Pima, c1907. Creator: Edward Sheriff Curtis
The saguaro harvest-Pima, c1907. Two Pima women harvesting "hasen", the sweet, pear-sized fruit from the giant Saguaro cactus, which may be eaten fresh or dried

The Apache Reaper [gathering wheat], c1906. Creator: Edward Sheriff Curtis
The Apache Reaper [gathering wheat], c1906. Apache woman harvesting wheat with a hand sickle

An incident of the Winter Dance-Nakoaktok, c1914. Creator: Edward Sheriff Curtis
An incident of the Winter Dance-Nakoaktok, c1914. Kwakiutl people, some bowing before totem poles in background, others seated facing front as part of the nunhlim ceremony

Mamalelekala chief's mortuary house, c1914. Creator: Edward Sheriff Curtis
Mamalelekala chief's mortuary house, c1914

The cornfield, c1906. Creator: Edward Sheriff Curtis
The cornfield, c1906. Apache woman hoeing rows of corn with an infant in a cradleboard with large visor on her back

Walpi homes-Hopi, c1907. Creator: Edward Sheriff Curtis
Walpi homes-Hopi, c1907. Women climbing ladder and steps of pueblo building

Masked dancer-Cowichan, c1913. Creator: Edward Sheriff Curtis
Masked dancer-Cowichan, c1913. Dancer wearing oversize mask, three rings of feathers in front of clothing, holding a rattle

Feast march ceremony, c1905. Creator: Edward Sheriff Curtis
Feast march ceremony, c1905. Several shirtless Apache men, standing with back to camera, wearing feathered headbands, and with body paintings

Carved posts at Alert Bay, c1914. Creator: Edward Sheriff Curtis
Carved posts at Alert Bay, c1914. Two totem poles in front of a wood frame house in the Nimkish village Yilis, on Cormorant Island

Spearing salmon, c1923. Creator: Edward Sheriff Curtis
Spearing salmon, c1923

Hupa trout trap, c1923. Creator: Edward Sheriff Curtis
Hupa trout trap, c1923. Hupa man with spear looking in a fish trap

A Tsunukwa at Kwaustums, c1914. Creator: Edward Sheriff Curtis
A Tsunukwa at Kwaustums, c1914. A Dzoonokwa (or Tsunukwa) totem pole measuring over 20 feet tall, depicting a figure with hands outstretched to receive dowry from the wife's family

Camp at Stony Lake, c1905. Creator: Edward Sheriff Curtis
Camp at Stony Lake, c1905. Several tipis in open area

A Koskimo House-post, c1914. Creator: Edward Sheriff Curtis
A Koskimo House-post, c1914. Interior supporting columns of Koskimo home bearing carvings commemorating incidents in family history, often depicting the guardian spirit of the founder

Nuhlimahla-Qagyuhl, c1914. Creator: Edward Sheriff Curtis
Nuhlimahla-Qagyuhl, c1914. Person wearing ceremonial mask of the Nuhlimahla during the during the Winter Dance ceremony. These characters impersonated fools

Nuhlimkilaka-Koskimo, c1914. Creator: Edward Sheriff Curtis
Nuhlimkilaka-Koskimo, c1914. Kwakiutl person wearing an oversize mask and hands representing a forest spirit, Nuhlimkilaka, ("bringer of confusion")

A Tluwulahu mask-Tsawatenok, c1914. Creator: Edward Sheriff Curtis
A Tluwulahu mask-Tsawatenok, c1914. Kwakiutl man, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing front, wearing a mask depicting a loon on top of a man's head to facilitate the loon changing into the form

Paqusilahl-Qagyuhl, c1914. Creator: Edward Sheriff Curtis
Paqusilahl-Qagyuhl, c1914. Dancer representing Paqusilahl ("man of the ground embodiment"), wearing a mask and shirt covered with hemlock boughs, representing paqus, a wild man of the woods

Snake dancers entering the plaza, c1905. Creator: Edward Sheriff Curtis
Snake dancers entering the plaza, c1905. Spectators gathered on hillside and rooftop, snake dancers below

A Flathead dance, c1910. Creator: Edward Sheriff Curtis
A Flathead dance, c1910. Flathead men dance in front of tepees under pine trees, river in background

A chief's daughter-Nakoaktok, c1914. Creator: Edward Sheriff Curtis
A chief's daughter-Nakoaktok, c1914. Nakoaktok woman, half-length portrait, facing right, seated, wearing a blanket, a hat with shell ornaments, large earrings, a nose ring, and several bracelets

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