Káviu — Pima. Photographer: Curtis, Edward Sheriff
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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.'
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 ...
Pima baskets. Photographer: Curtis, Edward Sheriff
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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 ...
The Pima woman. Photographer: Curtis, Edward Sheriff
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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.'
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.'
Lúzi — Papago. Photographer: Curtis, Edward Sheriff
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Genre: Portrait Photography Head-and-shoulders full-face portrait of Lúzi, a Papago woman, bearing a basket on her head: 'The Papago women always carry their burdens on, or supported from, their heads. When the burden — be it basket, pottery, or a box — has a flat or a rounded bottom, the ring ...
Saguaro Harvest — Pima. Photographer: Curtis, Edward Sheriff
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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 ...
Gathering hánamh — Papago. Photographer: Curtis, Edward Sheriff
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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...