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.
Holiday trapping — Cayuse. Photographer: Curtis, Edward Sheriff
Scope & Content:
Portrait of a young woman on horseback: 'Wealthy members of the tribes living on the Umatilla reservation in Oregon spare no expense in bedecking themselves and their mounts on gala occasions. The articles of adornment are usually of deerskin, or of commercial blankets on which designs are worke...
Wishham girl. Photographer: Curtis, Edward Sheriff
Scope & Content:
Head-and-shoulders full-face portrait of a young Wishham woman: 'The subject is clothed in a heavily-beaded deerskin dress of the plains type. The throat is encircled by strands of shell beads of native manufacture, heirlooms which were obtained by the original Wishham possessor from the Pacific...