Quniáka — Mohave. Photographer: Curtis, Edward Sheriff
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Genre: Portrait Photography Head-and-shoulders, full-face portrait of Quniáka, a Mohave man; 'Although this pictures one of the best of his tribe, it serves as well to illustrate a man of the Age of Stone.'
Genre: Portrait Photography Half-length profile portrait, turned to the left, of an unnamed Yuma man: 'Yuma mythology points to the vicinity opposite Fort Mohave, on the California side of the Colorado river, as having been the place of origin of the various Yuman tribes now found along the riv...
Mat Stams — Maricopa. Photographer: Curtis, Edward Sheriff
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Genre: Portrait Photography Head-and-shoulders full-face portrait of Mat Stams, a Maricopa man: 'This individual exhibits strongly the characteristics of the Yuman stock to which he belongs.'
Captain Charley — Maricopa. Photographer: Curtis, Edward Sheriff
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Genre: Portrait Photography Head-and-shoulders full-face portrait of 'Captain Charley', a Maricopa man: 'This portrait shows clearly the strongly Yuman cast of features retained by this branch of the stock.'
Pachílawa — Walapi chief. Photographer: Curtis, Edward Sheriff
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Genre: Portrait Photography Head-and-shoulders full-face portrait of Pachílawa, a Walapai chief: 'In Arizona there live, in whole or in part, six tribes of the Yuman family, whose physiographic surroundings divide them into two groups which can well be termed mountain tribes and river tribes: t...
Jack Red Cloud. Photographer: Curtis, Edward Sheriff
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Genre: Portrait Photography Head-and-shoulders profile portrait, turned to the right, of Jack Red Cloud, an Ogalala Sioux. 'The subject of this portrait is the son of the Ogalala chief Red Cloud.'
Hollow Horn Bear. Photographer: Curtis, Edward Sheriff
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Genre: Portrait Photography Head-and-shoulders full-face portrait of Hollow Horn Bear, a Brulé Sioux. A biography of him is given in The North American Indian, volume 3, p. 186: 'Born I850. First war-party at twelve, against Pawnee. At nineteen he took the pipe and led a party, which killed a n...