Káviu — Pima. Photographer: Curtis, Edward Sheriff
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Genre: Portrait Photography Head-and-shoulders full-face portrait of Káviu, a Pima: 'The Pima are bright, active, and progressive Indians, as the portrait of this typical man of the tribe attests.'
The burden-bearer — Pima. Photographer: Curtis, Edward Sheriff
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Genre: Portrait Photography View of a Pima woman carrying a basket on her back, seen from the rear in a desert landscape in Arizona: 'This illustration shows the typical burden basket of the several Piman tribes of southern Arizona, called kího in the Piman language. Their mythology relates tha...
The Pima woman. Photographer: Curtis, Edward Sheriff
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Genre: Portrait Photography Full-length outdoor portrait of a Pima woman, shown holding a basket and standing in front of a giant cactus: 'This picture gives also an idea of the size attained by the giant cactus, or saguaro.'
Genre: Landscape Photography View of a round adobe hut inhabited by the Pima of south Arizona, with a figure kneeling at the entrance and hills in the background: 'The old-time dwelling of the Piman tribes. In construction it was much the same as the earth lodge of the tribes of the northern pl...
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.'
Genre: Portrait Photography Head-and-shoulders full-face portrait of a Papago girl: 'A particularly fine-looking Papago girl of as nearly pure blood as can be found in the region. The northern Piman tribes have been in direct contact with Spanish people for more than two centuries. Much of the ...
Gathering hánamh — Papago. Photographer: Curtis, Edward Sheriff
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Genre: Portrait Photography View of a Pima woman gathering fruit from a tall cactus. 'Hánamh is the Piman name for the cholla cactus and its fruit. The natives gather the fruit of this spiny plant in large quantities, and it forms a food of material importance to the several tribes living withi...
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 ...