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Language Not applicable Name Curtis, Edward Sheriff, 1868-1952

201. L.R.298.b.2, 6(201)

Reference (shelfmark):
L.R.298.b.2, 6(201)
Title:
Crow Eagle - Piegan. Photographer: Curtis, Edward Sheriff
Scope & Content:
Full length full-face portrait of Crow Eagle, seated on the ground against a dark backdrop, smoking a pipe.
Collection Area:
Printed Collections
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1900
Extent:
1 item

202. L.R.298.b.2, 6(202)

Reference (shelfmark):
L.R.298.b.2, 6(202)
Title:
Middle Calf - Piegan. Photographer: Curtis, Edward Sheriff
Scope & Content:
Head-and-shoulders full-face portrait of Middle Calf, a Piegan, wrapped in a striped blanket.
Collection Area:
Printed Collections
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1900
Extent:
1 item

203. L.R.298.b.2, 6(203)

Reference (shelfmark):
L.R.298.b.2, 6(203)
Title:
Weasel Tail - Piegan. Photographer: Curtis, Edward Sheriff
Scope & Content:
Half-length full-face portrait of Weasel Tail, a Piegan, wearing a war-bonnet. 'The accoutrement of this brave (Apohsuyis) comprises the well-known war-bonnet of eagle-feathers and weasel-skins, deerskin shirt, bone necklace, grizzly-bear claw necklace, and tomahawk-pipe of Hudson's Bay Company ...
Collection Area:
Printed Collections
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1900
Extent:
1 item

204. L.R.298.b.2, 6(204)

Reference (shelfmark):
L.R.298.b.2, 6(204)
Title:
Old Person - Piegan. Photographer: Curtis, Edward Sheriff
Scope & Content:
Three-quarter-length half-profile portrait of Old Person, a Piegan, wearing an elaborate feather headdress. 'The young men eagerly seize every occasion of public festivity to don the habiliments of their warrior fathers.'
Collection Area:
Printed Collections
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1911
Extent:
1 item

205. L.R.298.b.2, 6(205)

Reference (shelfmark):
L.R.298.b.2, 6(205)
Title:
Bringing the sweat-lodge willows - Piegan. Photographer: Curtis, Edward Sheriff
Scope & Content:
Inscription: At lower left: CURTIS Close view of Piegan horsemen riding across a plain, holding willow branches aloft. 'Young horseman are coming toward the Sun-dance encampment with willows for the faster's sweat-lodge, as described in Volume VI, page 43.'
Collection Area:
Printed Collections
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1900
Extent:
1 item

206. L.R.298.b.2, 6(206)

Reference (shelfmark):
L.R.298.b.2, 6(206)
Title:
Iron Breast - Piegan. Photographer: Curtis, Edward Sheriff
Scope & Content:
Full-length full-face portrait of Iron Breast, a Piegan, dressed in fur, feathers, horns and bells, standing against a dark backcloth. 'The picture illustrates the costume of a member of the Bulls (see Volume VI, page 28), an age society for many years obsolete.'
Collection Area:
Printed Collections
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1900
Extent:
1 item

207. L.R.298.b.2, 6(207)

Reference (shelfmark):
L.R.298.b.2, 6(207)
Title:
Piegan encampment. Photographer: Curtis, Edward Sheriff
Scope & Content:
View of Piegan tipis erected on a plain, with mountains on the distant horizon. 'The picture not only presents a characteristic view of an Indian camp on an uneventful day, but also emphasizes the grand picturesqueness of the Piegan, living as they do almost under the shadow of the towering Rock...
Collection Area:
Printed Collections
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1900
Extent:
1 item

208. L.R.298.b.2, 6(208)

Reference (shelfmark):
L.R.298.b.2, 6(208)
Title:
A Piegan dandy. Photographer: Curtis, Edward Sheriff
Scope & Content:
Half-length full-face portrait of a young Piegan man displaying a fan-like hairstyle, painted face, bead necklaces, and holding a feather shield in front of him.
Collection Area:
Printed Collections
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1900
Extent:
1 item

209. L.R.298.b.2, 6(209)

Reference (shelfmark):
L.R.298.b.2, 6(209)
Title:
The three chiefs - Piegan. Photographer: Curtis, Edward Sheriff
Scope & Content:
Portrait of three Piegan chiefs on horseback beside a stream in a wide prairie landscape. 'Three proud old leaders of their people. A picture of the primal upland prairies with their waving grass and limpid streams. A glimpse of the life and conditions which are on the verge of extinction.'
Collection Area:
Printed Collections
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1900
Extent:
1 item

210. L.R.298.b.2, 6(210)

Reference (shelfmark):
L.R.298.b.2, 6(210)
Title:
Cheyenne type. Photographer: Curtis, Edward Sheriff
Scope & Content:
Head-and-shoulders full face portrait of a Cheyenne. 'The original of this portrait is Wako'yami ("his horse bobtailed") of the Northern Cheyenne.'
Collection Area:
Printed Collections
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1910
Extent:
1 item

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