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...
Tonovíge — Havasupai. Photographer: Curtis, Edward Sheriff
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Genre: Portrait Photography Head-and-shoulders full-face portrait of Tonovíge, a Havasupai woman: 'This portrait was made in winter while a party of Havasupai were encamped in the high country above their cañon home. As a snowstorm was raging at the time, the woman's hair became dotted with fla...
Getting water — Havasupai. Photographer: Curtis, Edward Sheriff
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Genre: Portrait Photography View of a Havasupai woman collecting water on the banks of the Havasu river: 'The beautiful limpid Havasu flows the entire length of Cataract Cañon, furnishing the Havasupai with ample water for irrigation and for domestic use. They carry the household supply of wate...
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...
Genre: Portrait Photography Full-length portrait of High Hawk, a Brulé Sioux. He is turned to the left, standing outside on the grassy plain: 'The subject is shown in all the finery of a warrior dressed for a gala occasion — scalp shirt, leggings, moccasins, and pipe-bag, all embroidered with p...
Ogalala woman. Photographer: Curtis, Edward Sheriff
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Genre: Portrait Photography Head-and-shoulders full-face portrait of an Ogalala Sioux woman: 'A face so strong that it is almost masculine, showing strikingly how slight may be the difference between the male and female physiognomy in some primitive people.'