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11. L.R.298.b.2, 5(148)

Reference (shelfmark):
L.R.298.b.2, 5(148)
Title:
Yellow Owl - Mandan. Photographer: Curtis, Edward Sheriff
Scope & Content:
Head-and-shoulders full-face portrait of Yellow Owl, a Mandan. 'A face approaching the type of pure Mandan. The neck ornament consists of beads and cylindrical bones, and from the eagle-feather war-bonnet hang numerous weasel-tails.'
Collection Area:
Printed Collections
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1908
Extent:
1 item

12. L.R.298.b.2, 5(153)

Reference (shelfmark):
L.R.298.b.2, 5(153)
Title:
Sitting Bear - Arikara. Photographer: Curtis, Edward Sheriff
Scope & Content:
Head-and-shoulders full-face portrait of Sitting Bear, an Arikara. His biography is given in volume 5 of The North American Indian, p.180: 'Born in 1844 on the west side of the Missouri, opposite present Washburn, North Dakota. He was eighteen years of age before making his first trial at war, a...
Collection Area:
Printed Collections
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1908
Extent:
1 item

13. L.R.298.b.2, 5(156)

Reference (shelfmark):
L.R.298.b.2, 5(156)
Title:
Bull Neck - Arikara. Photographer: Curtis, Edward Sheriff
Scope & Content:
Head-and-shoulders full-face portrait of Bull Neck, an Arikara. 'A member of the Buffalo order of the medicine fraternity. Bull Neck is portrayed wearing his head-dress of buffalo horns and hide. A biographical sketch is given in Volume V, page 178.'
Collection Area:
Printed Collections
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1908
Extent:
1 item

14. L.R.298.b.2, 5(157)

Reference (shelfmark):
L.R.298.b.2, 5(157)
Title:
Arikara Medicine Fraternity. Photographer: Curtis, Edward Sheriff
Scope & Content:
Group portrait of twenty-two members of the Arikara medicine fraternity, posed outside in front of the medicine lodge in two rows of seated and standing men. 'In this group are shown the principal participants in the reenactment of the Arikara medicine ceremony, which was given for the author's ...
Collection Area:
Printed Collections
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1908
Extent:
1 item

15. L.R.298.b.2, 5(170)

Reference (shelfmark):
L.R.298.b.2, 5(170)
Title:
Horse capture - Atsina. Photographer: Curtis, Edward Sheriff
Scope & Content:
Half-length profile portrait of Horse Capture, an Atsina. He holds the barrell of a rifle against his chest. His biography is given in volume 5 of The North American Indian, p.182: 'Born near Milk river in 1858. When about fifteen years of age he went with a war-party against the Piegan, but ach...
Collection Area:
Printed Collections
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1908
Extent:
1 item

16. L.R.298.b.2, 5(174)

Reference (shelfmark):
L.R.298.b.2, 5(174)
Title:
Red Whip - Atsina. Photographer: Curtis, Edward Sheriff
Scope & Content:
Half-length full-face portrait of Red Whip, an Atsina. His biography is given in volume 5 of The North American Indian, p.183: 'Born in 1858 near Fort McGinnis, Montana. At the age of seventeen he went out on his first war expedition, going against the Sioux. The enemy was camped at Lodgepole cr...
Collection Area:
Printed Collections
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1908
Extent:
1 item

17. L.R.298.b.2, 5(176)

Reference (shelfmark):
L.R.298.b.2, 5(176)
Title:
The scout - Atsina. Photographer: Curtis, Edward Sheriff
Scope & Content:
Full-length profile portrait of an Atsina scout, taken outside standing on a grassy plain. 'The scouts of many tribes, among which were the Atsina, carried a wolf-skin which they used in waving signals to their chief. That which is apparently hair-ornamentation, standing high above the head of t...
Collection Area:
Printed Collections
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1908
Extent:
1 item

18. L.R.298.b.2, 5(177)

Reference (shelfmark):
L.R.298.b.2, 5(177)
Title:
Head-dress - Atsina. Photographer: Curtis, Edward Sheriff
Scope & Content:
Head-and-shoulders full-face portrait of Head-dress, an Atsina. His biography is given in volume 5 of The North American Indian, p.181: 'Born about 1855, near Marias river, Montana. He first took the war-path when twenty years of age, going against the Assiniboin. One woman was killed by his par...
Collection Area:
Printed Collections
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1908
Extent:
1 item

19. L.R.298.b.2, 5(180)

Reference (shelfmark):
L.R.298.b.2, 5(180)
Title:
Lone Flag - Atsina. Photographer: Curtis, Edward Sheriff
Scope & Content:
Head-and-shoulders profile portrait of Lone Flag, an Atsina, holding an eagle-wing fan in his hand. His biography is given in volume 5 of The North American Indian, p.182: 'Born in 1854 in northwestern Montana. His first experience in war was gained in the great battle with the Piegan (page 109)...
Collection Area:
Printed Collections
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1908
Extent:
1 item

20. L.R.298.b.2, 5(160)

Reference (shelfmark):
L.R.298.b.2, 5(160)
Title:
The rush gatherer - Arikara. Photographer: Curtis, Edward Sheriff
Scope & Content:
Three-quarter-length full-face outdoor portrait of an Arikara woman, holding a knife and a sheave of rushes, with wind-blown rush plants growing in the background. 'The Arikaras, as well as their close neighbors, the Mandan and Hidatsa, made many mats of rushes. These were used largely as floor ...
Collection Area:
Printed Collections
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1908
Extent:
1 item

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