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Archive Reference (shelfmark) L.R.298.b.2, 2 Subject North American Ethnic Groups Material Type Photographs

1. L.R.298.b.2, 2(40)

Reference (shelfmark):
L.R.298.b.2, 2(40)
Title:
Saguaro Harvest — Pima. Photographer: Curtis, Edward Sheriff
Scope & Content:
Genre: Portrait Photography View of two Pima with baskets beside a giant cactus in a desert landscape in Arizona. 'The fruit of the saguaro, or giant cactus, called hásen by the Pima, forms a very important source of the food supply of the tribes of southern Arizona. This fruit is of about the ...
Collection Area:
Printed Collections
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1907
Extent:
1 item

2. L.R.298.b.2, 2(41)

Reference (shelfmark):
L.R.298.b.2, 2(41)
Title:
Pima baskets. Photographer: Curtis, Edward Sheriff
Scope & Content:
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 ...
Collection Area:
Printed Collections
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1907
Extent:
1 item

3. L.R.298.b.2, 2(42)

Reference (shelfmark):
L.R.298.b.2, 2(42)
Title:
Káviu — Pima. Photographer: Curtis, Edward Sheriff
Scope & Content:
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.'
Collection Area:
Printed Collections
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1907
Extent:
1 item

4. L.R.298.b.2, 2(43)

Reference (shelfmark):
L.R.298.b.2, 2(43)
Title:
The burden-bearer — Pima. Photographer: Curtis, Edward Sheriff
Scope & Content:
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...
Collection Area:
Printed Collections
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1907
Extent:
1 item

5. L.R.298.b.2, 2(44)

Reference (shelfmark):
L.R.298.b.2, 2(44)
Title:
The Pima woman. Photographer: Curtis, Edward Sheriff
Scope & Content:
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.'
Collection Area:
Printed Collections
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1907
Extent:
1 item

6. L.R.298.b.2, 2(45)

Reference (shelfmark):
L.R.298.b.2, 2(45)
Title:
Pima ki. Photographer: Curtis, Edward Sheriff
Scope & Content:
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...
Collection Area:
Printed Collections
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1907
Extent:
1 item

7. L.R.298.b.2, 2(46)

Reference (shelfmark):
L.R.298.b.2, 2(46)
Title:
Pima matron. Photographer: Curtis, Edward Sheriff
Scope & Content:
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.'
Collection Area:
Printed Collections
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1907
Extent:
1 item

8. L.R.298.b.2, 2(47)

Reference (shelfmark):
L.R.298.b.2, 2(47)
Title:
Chijáko — Pima. Photographer: Curtis, Edward Sheriff
Scope & Content:
Genre: Portrait Photography Head-and-shoulders half-profile portrait of Chijáko, a Pima man, 'a representative Pima man of middle age.'
Collection Area:
Printed Collections
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1907
Extent:
1 item

9. L.R.298.b.2, 2(48)

Reference (shelfmark):
L.R.298.b.2, 2(48)
Title:
Papago girl. Photographer: Curtis, Edward Sheriff
Scope & Content:
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 ...
Collection Area:
Printed Collections
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1907
Extent:
1 item

10. L.R.298.b.2, 2(49)

Reference (shelfmark):
L.R.298.b.2, 2(49)
Title:
Gathering hánamh — Papago. Photographer: Curtis, Edward Sheriff
Scope & Content:
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...
Collection Area:
Printed Collections
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1907
Extent:
1 item

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