Cheyenne chief. Photographer: Curtis, Edward Sheriff
Scope & Content:
Full-length portrait of a Cheyenne chief, standing in the open and holding an eagle-feather fan in his left hand: 'The Cheyenne belong to the Algonquian linguistic family and therefore are related to the tribes of the Blackfoot Confederacy and to the Arapaho of the north, and, much more remotely...
Cheyenne costume. Photographer: Curtis, Edward Sheriff
Scope & Content:
Full-length portrait of a young woman, wearing a deerskin robe and standing in the shade beneath a tree: 'This woman's deerskin costume, ornamented with porcupine-quill embroidery and with beads and fringe, is characteristic of that of the Cheyenne; but such is now worn only on gala occasions an...
Woista — Cheyenne woman. Photographer: Curtis, Edward Sheriff
Scope & Content:
Head-and-shoulders full-face portrait: 'Remarkable strength of character is depicted in the features of this woman, and indeed in those of all the Cheyenne. Their former life was such that only the fittest could survive.'