Mósa — Mohave. Photographer: Curtis, Edward Sheriff
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Genre: Portrait Photography Half-length full-face portrait of Mósa, a Mohave girl: 'It would be difficult to conceive of a more thorough aboriginal than this Mohave girl. Her eyes are those of the fawn of the forest, questioning the strange things of civilisation upon which it gazes for the fir...
Havachách — Maricopa. Photographer: Curtis, Edward Sheriff
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Genre: Portrait Photography Head-and-shoulders full-face portrait of Havachách, a Maricopa woman: 'The Maricopa are a small tribe of Yuman stock living as neighbors of the Pima, chiefly in the valley of the Gila in southern Arizona, though a few make their home on the Salt River reservation eas...
Tonovíge — Havasupai. Photographer: Curtis, Edward Sheriff
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Genre: Portrait Photography Head-and-shoulders full-face portrait of Tonovíge, a Havasupai woman: 'This portrait was made in winter while a party of Havasupai were encamped in the high country above their cañon home. As a snowstorm was raging at the time, the woman's hair became dotted with fla...
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 ...
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.'