Lawyer — Nez Percé. Photographer: Curtis, Edward Sheriff
Scope & Content:
Head-and-shoulders full-face portrait: 'The original of this portrait is a member of the family of that lawyer who played a prominent part in Nez Percé affairs in the years following the treaty of 1855.' The sitter wears a circular medallion around his neck.
Piopio-maksmaks — Wallawalla. Photographer: Curtis, Edward Sheriff
Scope & Content:
Head-and-shoulders full-face portrait: 'Piopio-maksmaks, quoted in volume VIII, pages 20-21, is the son of the Piopio-maksmaks who as principal governor of the Wallawalla negotiated a treaty with Governor Isaac I. Stevens in the Walla Walla valley in 1855. The father was killed while a captive o...
Umatilla maid. Photographer: Curtis, Edward Sheriff
Scope & Content:
Half-length full-face portrait of an Umatilla girl: 'Two distinct cultural areas are represented in the costume of this damsel. The familiar beadworked, deerskin dress is an acquisition from the plains culture, while the basketry hat and the shell-bead necklace hail from the Pacific slope. Note ...
Innocence — Umatilla. Photographer: Curtis, Edward Sheriff
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Full-length portrait of a young Umatilla girl, leaning against a tree: 'Few aspects of Indian life are more interesting to the casual visitor than the demeanour of the children, with their coy basfulness, their mischievous, sparkling eyes, their doubtful hesitation just the other side of friendl...