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131. L.R.298.b.2, 4(131)

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L.R.298.b.2, 4(131)
Title:
The scout in winter - Apsaroke. Photographer: Curtis, Edward Sheriff
Scope & Content:
Portrait of an Apsaroke on horseback in a snow-covered landscape. 'The accounts of scouting and hunting parties during the severest winter weather finish many thrilling stories and show a manly indifference to bodily discomfort. The hardships of winter hunting are well shown in the narration fou...
Collection Area:
Printed Collections
Languages:
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Date Range:
1908
Extent:
1 item

132. L.R.298.b.2, 4(132)

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L.R.298.b.2, 4(132)
Title:
Passing the cliff - Apsaroke. Photographer: Curtis, Edward Sheriff
Scope & Content:
View of a snow-covered cliff beside a river, with two Apsaroke on horseback. 'A winter scene on Pryor Creek, Montana.'
Collection Area:
Printed Collections
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Date Range:
1908
Extent:
1 item

133. L.R.298.b.2, 4(133)

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L.R.298.b.2, 4(133)
Title:
Shot In The Hand - Apsaroke. Photographer: Curtis, Edward Sheriff
Scope & Content:
Half-length seated profile portrait of Shot In The Hand, an Apsaroke. His biography is given in volume 4 of The North American Indian, p.204: 'Born about 1841. Mountain Crow; Whistle Water clan; Fox organization. By fasting he obtained his hawk-medicine; it was his custom to make a powder of a h...
Collection Area:
Printed Collections
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1908
Extent:
1 item

134. L.R.298.b.2, 4(134)

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L.R.298.b.2, 4(134)
Title:
Swallow Bird - Apsaroke. Photographer: Curtis, Edward Sheriff
Scope & Content:
Head-and-shoulders profile portrait of Swallow Bird, an Apsaroke. 'This picture illustrates the characteristic Apsaroke manner of arranging the hair.'
Collection Area:
Printed Collections
Languages:
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Date Range:
1908
Extent:
1 item

135. L.R.298.b.2, 4(135)

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L.R.298.b.2, 4(135)
Title:
Fish Shows - Apsaroke. Photographer: Curtis, Edward Sheriff
Scope & Content:
Head-and-shoulders full-face portrait of Fish Shows, an Apsaroke. His biography is given in volume 4 of The North American Indian, p.200: 'Born about 1848 on Shoshone river, south of Bighorn mountains. Mountain Crow; Big Lodge clan; Fox organization. He never fasted ceremonially, for though he w...
Collection Area:
Printed Collections
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1908
Extent:
1 item

136. L.R.298.b.2, 4(136)

Reference (shelfmark):
L.R.298.b.2, 4(136)
Title:
In Black Cañon. Photographer: Curtis, Edward Sheriff
Scope & Content:
View of three Apsaroke riding on horseback in a canyon, seen from behind. 'The Apsaroke, although not exclusively mountain dwellers, were ever fond of the hills, preferring the forest shade and the clear mountain streams to the hot ill-watered, monotonous prairies. The picture illustrates the Ap...
Collection Area:
Printed Collections
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1905
Extent:
1 item

137. L.R.298.b.2, 4(137)

Reference (shelfmark):
L.R.298.b.2, 4(137)
Title:
The chief and his staff - Apsaroke. Photographer: Curtis, Edward Sheriff
Scope & Content:
View of four Apsaroke men riding on horseback across a plain, seen from behind.
Collection Area:
Printed Collections
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1905
Extent:
1 item

138. L.R.298.b.2, 4(138)

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L.R.298.b.2, 4(138)
Title:
A successful raid for horses - Apsaroke. Photographer: Curtis, Edward Sheriff
Scope & Content:
View of four Apsaroke men riding on horseback across a plain. 'The Apsaroke were one of the most fearless tribes, and their stories of raiding parties, large and small, are almost numberless.'
Collection Area:
Printed Collections
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1905
Extent:
1 item

139. L.R.298.b.2, 4(139)

Reference (shelfmark):
L.R.298.b.2, 4(139)
Title:
Upshaw - Apsaroke. Photographer: Curtis, Edward Sheriff
Scope & Content:
Half-length full-face portrait of Upshaw, an Apsaroke. 'An educated Apsaroke, son of Crazy Pend d'Oreille (see Volume IV, page 18). Upshaw has assisted the author in his field-work, collecting material treating of the northern plains tribes.'
Collection Area:
Printed Collections
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1905
Extent:
1 item

140. L.R.298.b.2, 4(140)

Reference (shelfmark):
L.R.298.b.2, 4(140)
Title:
A mountain fastness - Apsaroke. Photographer: Curtis, Edward Sheriff
Scope & Content:
View of a group of Apsaroke men on horseback traversing a river, with a mountain in the distance. 'The Apsaroke lived much among the mountains, and nowhere do they seem more at home than on the streams and in the cañons of their forested ranges.'
Collection Area:
Printed Collections
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1905
Extent:
1 item

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