Ivory casket. Matifat [at the Great Exhibition, London]. Photographer: Owen, Hugh
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Inscription: Signed in the negative with monogram 'H. O.' Close view of ivory casket with carved figure of mother and child, displayed at the Great Exhibition.
Pima baskets. Photographer: Curtis, Edward Sheriff
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Genre: Still Life Photography View of a display of patterned baskets woven by the Pima, arranged as a still-life against a plain backdrop: 'The baskets made by the Pima, Papago, and Qahátika, as well as by their Maricopa neighbors, are practically identical in form and design, but the Maricopa ...
Genre: Portrait Photography Head-and-shoulders full-face portrait of a Pima Indian woman, bearing a basket on her head: 'A representative Pima woman of middle age.'
Lúzi — Papago. Photographer: Curtis, Edward Sheriff
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Genre: Portrait Photography Head-and-shoulders full-face portrait of Lúzi, a Papago woman, bearing a basket on her head: 'The Papago women always carry their burdens on, or supported from, their heads. When the burden — be it basket, pottery, or a box — has a flat or a rounded bottom, the ring ...