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21. L.R.298.b.2, 1(36)

Reference (shelfmark):
L.R.298.b.2, 1(36)
Title:
A point of interest — Navaho. Photographer: Curtis, Edward Sheriff
Scope & Content:
Genre: Portrait Photography Portrait group of three Navaho, seated outdoors on a rock in bright light, looking off towards the right.
Collection Area:
Printed Collections
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1904
Extent:
1 item

22. L.R.298.b.2, 1(22)

Reference (shelfmark):
L.R.298.b.2, 1(22)
Title:
Jicarilla Maiden. Photographer: Curtis, Edward Sheriff
Scope & Content:
Genre: Portrait Photography Half-length full-face portrait of a young woman of the Jicarilla: 'This pictures exceedingly well the typical Jicarilla women's dress: a cape of deerskin, beaded, a broad belt of black leather, a deerskin skirt, and the hair fastened at each side of the head with a l...
Collection Area:
Printed Collections
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1904
Extent:
1 item

23. L.R.298.b.2, 1(11)

Reference (shelfmark):
L.R.298.b.2, 1(11)
Title:
Story-telling — Apache. Photographer: Curtis, Edward Sheriff
Scope & Content:
Genre: Portrait Photography View of a group of six Apache on a rocky hillside, four posed in a semi-circle on the ground in the centre, with two mounted on horseback at left: 'A story-telling group, particularly typical of these people. The Apache often sit about and exchange stories of the pas...
Collection Area:
Printed Collections
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1903
Extent:
1 item

24. L.R.298.b.2, 1(27)

Reference (shelfmark):
L.R.298.b.2, 1(27)
Title:
Women of the desert — Navaho. Photographer: Curtis, Edward Sheriff
Scope & Content:
Genre: Portrait Photography View of two Navaho women on horseback, seen from the side with their faces turned away: 'The Navaho women are, for the greater part, the owners of the flocks and invariably, with the children, the herders. They are so thoroughly at home on their scrubby ponies that t...
Collection Area:
Printed Collections
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1906
Extent:
1 item

25. L.R.298.b.2, 1(28)

Reference (shelfmark):
L.R.298.b.2, 1(28)
Title:
Cañon de Chelly — Navaho. Photographer: Curtis, Edward Sheriff
Scope & Content:
Genre: Landscape Photography View of towering cliffs in the Canyon de Chelly, Arizona, with a group of Navaho on horseback crossing in the foreground: 'A wonderfully scenic spot is this in northeastern Arizona, in the heart of the Navaho country — one of their strongholds, in fact. Cañon de Che...
Collection Area:
Printed Collections
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1904
Extent:
1 item

26. L.R.298.b.2, 1(29)

Reference (shelfmark):
L.R.298.b.2, 1(29)
Title:
Cañon del Muerto — Navaho. Photographer: Curtis, Edward Sheriff
Scope & Content:
Genre: Landscape Photography View of cliffs in the Cañon del Muerto, Arizona, with a group of four horsemen in the middle ground. 'This "Cañon of the Dead" is a branch of Cañon de Chelly, deriving its name from having been the scene of the massacre of a band of Navaho by a troop of Mexican sold...
Collection Area:
Printed Collections
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1906
Extent:
1 item

27. L.R.298.b.2, 1(37)

Reference (shelfmark):
L.R.298.b.2, 1(37)
Title:
Out of the darkness — Navaho. Photographer: Curtis, Edward Sheriff
Scope & Content:
Genre: Portrait Photography View of a group of Navaho on horseback, emerging from the dark shadow of a canyon in Arizona: 'In Tesakod cañon, a small branch of Cañon de Chelly. At the point where this picture was made the gorge is very narrow.'
Collection Area:
Printed Collections
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1904
Extent:
1 item

28. L.R.298.b.2, 1(26)

Reference (shelfmark):
L.R.298.b.2, 1(26)
Title:
A chief of the desert — Navaho. Photographer: Curtis, Edward Sheriff
Scope & Content:
Inscription: Inscribed in the negative: 'Copyright 1904 by E.S. Curtis'. Genre: Portrait Photography Head-and-shoulders full-face portrait, dramatically lit and posed, of an unidentified Navaho chief: 'Picturing not just the individual but a characteristic member of the tribe — disdainful, ene...
Collection Area:
Printed Collections
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1904
Extent:
1 item

29. L.R.298.b.2, 1(2)

Reference (shelfmark):
L.R.298.b.2, 1(2)
Title:
Geronimo — Apache. Photographer: Curtis, Edward Sheriff
Scope & Content:
Genre: Portrait Photography Head-and-shoulders profile portrait of the Bedonkohe Apache war leader Geronimo (c.1823-1909): 'This portrait of the historical old Apache was made in March, 1905. According to Geronimo's calculation he was at that time seventy-six years of age, thus making the year ...
Collection Area:
Printed Collections
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1905
Extent:
1 item

30. L.R.298.b.2, 1(6)

Reference (shelfmark):
L.R.298.b.2, 1(6)
Title:
Sígesh — Apache. Photographer: Curtis, Edward Sheriff
Scope & Content:
Genre: Portrait Photography Half-length profile portrait of Sígesh, an Apache girl: ‘This illustrates the girls’ method of tying the hair previous to marriage. The ornament fastened to the hair in the back is made of leather, broad and round at the ends and narrow in the middle.’
Collection Area:
Printed Collections
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1903
Extent:
1 item