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Container Reference (shelfmark) L.R.298.b.2, 5 Language Not applicable Name Curtis, Edward Sheriff, 1868-1952

1. L.R.298.b.2, 5(148)

Reference (shelfmark):
L.R.298.b.2, 5(148)
Title:
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.'
Collection Area:
Printed Collections
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1908
Extent:
1 item

2. L.R.298.b.2, 5(149)

Reference (shelfmark):
L.R.298.b.2, 5(149)
Title:
Spotted Bull - Mandan. Photographer: Curtis, Edward Sheriff
Scope & Content:
Head-and-shoulders profile portrait of Spotted Bull, a Mandan. 'Not a true Mandan type. The face shows evidence of alien blood, possibly Dakota.'
Collection Area:
Printed Collections
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1908
Extent:
1 item

3. L.R.298.b.2, 5(150)

Reference (shelfmark):
L.R.298.b.2, 5(150)
Title:
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...
Collection Area:
Printed Collections
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1908
Extent:
1 item

4. L.R.298.b.2, 5(151)

Reference (shelfmark):
L.R.298.b.2, 5(151)
Title:
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 ...
Collection Area:
Printed Collections
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1908
Extent:
1 item

5. L.R.298.b.2, 5(152)

Reference (shelfmark):
L.R.298.b.2, 5(152)
Title:
White Shield - Arikara. Photographer: Curtis, Edward Sheriff
Scope & Content:
Half-length profile portrait of White Shield, an Arikara. 'A mixed-blood member of the medicine fraternity.'
Collection Area:
Printed Collections
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1908
Extent:
1 item

6. L.R.298.b.2, 5(153)

Reference (shelfmark):
L.R.298.b.2, 5(153)
Title:
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...
Collection Area:
Printed Collections
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1908
Extent:
1 item

7. L.R.298.b.2, 5(154)

Reference (shelfmark):
L.R.298.b.2, 5(154)
Title:
Bear's Teeth - Arikara. Photographer: Curtis, Edward Sheriff
Scope & Content:
Head-and-shoulders full-face portrait of Bear's Teeth, an Arikara. 'A member of the Night order of the medicine fraternity.'
Collection Area:
Printed Collections
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1908
Extent:
1 item

8. L.R.298.b.2, 5(155)

Reference (shelfmark):
L.R.298.b.2, 5(155)
Title:
Little Sioux - Arikara. Photographer: Curtis, Edward Sheriff
Scope & Content:
Head-and-shoulders profile portrait of Little Sioux, an Arikara.
Collection Area:
Printed Collections
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1908
Extent:
1 item

9. L.R.298.b.2, 5(156)

Reference (shelfmark):
L.R.298.b.2, 5(156)
Title:
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.'
Collection Area:
Printed Collections
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1908
Extent:
1 item

10. L.R.298.b.2, 5(157)

Reference (shelfmark):
L.R.298.b.2, 5(157)
Title:
Arikara Medicine Fraternity. Photographer: Curtis, Edward Sheriff
Scope & Content:
Group portrait of twenty-two members of the Arikara medicine fraternity, posed outside in front of the medicine lodge in two rows of seated and standing men. 'In this group are shown the principal participants in the reenactment of the Arikara medicine ceremony, which was given for the author's ...
Collection Area:
Printed Collections
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1908
Extent:
1 item

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