The North American Indian. The Mandan. The Arikara. The Atsina. [portfolio of large plates supplementing volume V]. Photographer(s): Curtis, Edward Sheriff
Yellow Owl - Mandan. Photographer: Curtis, Edward Sheriff
Scope & Content:
Head-and-shoulders full-face portrait of Yellow Owl, a Mandan. 'A face approaching the type of pure Mandan. The neck ornament consists of beads and cylindrical bones, and from the eagle-feather war-bonnet hang numerous weasel-tails.'
Bear's Belly - Arikara. Photographer: Curtis, Edward Sheriff
Scope & Content:
Half-length full-face portrait of Bear's Belly, a member of the Arikara medicine fraternity, depicted wrapped in his sacred bear-skin. His biography is given in volume 5 of The North American Indian, p.180: 'Born in 1847 at Fort Clark, in the present North Dakota. He had had no experience in wa...
Four Horns - Arikara. Photographer: Curtis, Edward Sheriff
Scope & Content:
Head-and-shoulders full-face portrait of Four Horns, an Arikara. His biography is given in volume 5 of The North American Indian, p.179: 'Born in 1847 near Fort Berthold. At the age of fourteen he accompanied a war-party against the Sioux. Two years later he enlisted as scout at Fort Buford; he ...
Sitting Bear - Arikara. Photographer: Curtis, Edward Sheriff
Scope & Content:
Head-and-shoulders full-face portrait of Sitting Bear, an Arikara. His biography is given in volume 5 of The North American Indian, p.180: 'Born in 1844 on the west side of the Missouri, opposite present Washburn, North Dakota. He was eighteen years of age before making his first trial at war, a...
Bull Neck - Arikara. Photographer: Curtis, Edward Sheriff
Scope & Content:
Head-and-shoulders full-face portrait of Bull Neck, an Arikara. 'A member of the Buffalo order of the medicine fraternity. Bull Neck is portrayed wearing his head-dress of buffalo horns and hide. A biographical sketch is given in Volume V, page 178.'