Tewa Collection

Shrine of Yellow Cloud Man on Tsikumu-Tewa, 1925. Creator: Edward Sheriff Curtis
Shrine of Yellow Cloud Man on Tsikumu-Tewa, 1925

Pose-a yew, 1905. Creator: Edward Sheriff Curtis
Pose-a yew, 1905. Pose-a ye, "Dew Moving", Nambe, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing left

Tom Poqui, c1905. Creator: Edward Sheriff Curtis
Tom Poqui, c1905. Head-and-shoulders portrait of Tewa woman

Whyay-Ring, c1905. Creator: Edward Sheriff Curtis
Whyay-Ring, c1905. Head-and-shoulders portrait of Tewa Indian

A Santa Clara man (Frost Moving), c1905. Creator: Edward Sheriff Curtis
A Santa Clara man (Frost Moving), c1905. Oyegi-a ye (Frost Moving), a Tewa Pueblo Indian, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing front

Nunipayo [i.e. Nampeyo] decorating pottery, c1900. Creator: Edward Sheriff Curtis
Nunipayo [i.e. Nampeyo] decorating pottery, c1900. Photograph show Tewa Hopi potter Nampeyo seated on mat painting designs on pottery

Potter building her kiln, c1906. Creator: Edward Sheriff Curtis
Potter building her kiln, c1906. Photograph shows Tewa Hopi potter Nampeyo building a kiln

Nabkatsheb, c1905. Creator: Edward Sheriff Curtis
Nabkatsheb, c1905. Head-and-shoulders portrait of Tewa girl

Kó-pi ("Buffalo Mountain")-San Juan, c1905. Creator: Edward Sheriff Curtis
Ko-pi ("Buffalo Mountain")-San Juan, c1905. Ko-pi, a Tewa man, half-length portrait, facing front, holding shield

Winnowing wheat, c1905. Creator: Edward Sheriff Curtis
Winnowing wheat, c1905. Tewa woman winnowing wheat in front of pueblo building

The fruit gatherers, c1905. Creator: Edward Sheriff Curtis
The fruit gatherers, c1905. Two Tewa girls picking fruit with basket, bowls on the ground

The offering-San Ildefonso, c1927. Creator: Edward Sheriff Curtis
The offering-San Ildefonso, c1927. Photograph shows a barechested Tewa man, standing high on a cliff, arms stretched before him as he sprinkles cornmeal as an offering at the start of a day

Street Scene-San Juan, c1927. Creator: Edward Sheriff Curtis
Street Scene-San Juan, c1927

Pojoaque, c1905. Creator: Edward Sheriff Curtis
Pojoaque, c1905. View of Pojoaque Pueblo, New Mexico, with adobe structures

Cleaning wheat-San Juan, c1905. Creator: Edward Sheriff Curtis
Cleaning wheat-San Juan, c1905. Two Tewa people processing wheat outside pueblo structure, San Juan Pueblo, New Mexico

A Nambe girl, c1905. Creator: Edward Sheriff Curtis
A Nambe girl, c1905

Buffalo dancers, c1905. Creator: Edward Sheriff Curtis
Buffalo dancers, c1905. Costumed dancers wearing dance bustles of Tewa sun god made of turkey feathers

In San Ildefonso, c1927. Creator: Edward Sheriff Curtis
In San Ildefonso, c1927. Three Tewa Indians, two on roof of adobe building, one on ladder, San Idlefonso, New Mexico

Tewa Indian guard at top of the kiva stairs, San Ildefonso, New Mexico, c1905. Creator: Edward Sheriff Curtis
Tewa Indian guard at top of the kiva stairs, San Ildefonso, New Mexico, c1905

An offering at the waterfall-Nambe, 1927 Creator: Edward Sheriff Curtis
An offering at the waterfall-Nambe, 1927 Nambe Indian placing prayer plume at waterfall

Okuwa-Tsire ("Cloud Bird"), San Ildefonso, c1905. Creator: Edward Sheriff Curtis
Okuwa-Tsire ("Cloud Bird"), San Ildefonso, c1905. Portrait of a Tewa boy, head-and-shoulders, facing front

A Tewa girl, c1906. Creator: Edward Sheriff Curtis
A Tewa girl, c1906. A Tewa girl, half-length portrait, facing front, hair arranged in "squash blossom" fashion

Sanowa Poqui [B], c1905. Creator: Edward Sheriff Curtis
Sanowa Poqui [B], c1905. Tewa Indian child, half-length portrait, facing front

Tewa girls, c1900. Creator: Edward Sheriff Curtis
Tewa girls, c1900. Two Tewa girls standing outside pueblo building

Pottery burners at Santa Clara, c1905. Creator: Edward Sheriff Curtis
Pottery burners at Santa Clara, c1905. Photograph shows two women, probably Tewa, tending a fire pit, Santa Clara Pueblo, New Mexico

Tablita Dance [D], c1905. Creator: Edward Sheriff Curtis
Tablita Dance [D], c1905. Tewa Indians dancing in line formation

Cohit Songwi, c1905. Creator: Edward Sheriff Curtis
Cohit Songwi, c1905. Head-and-shoulders portrait of Tewa girl

Chaiwa-Tewa, c1906. Creator: Edward Sheriff Curtis
Chaiwa-Tewa, c1906. Chaiwa, Tewa girl, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing front

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

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

Tesuque buffalo dancers, c1927. Creator: Edward Sheriff Curtis
Tesuque buffalo dancers, c1927. Two Native American men in costumes wearing horns of buffaloes

Avanyu, ca. 1923. Creator: Julian Martinez
Avanyu, ca. 1923

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