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Archive Reference (shelfmark) L.R.298.b.2, 12

1. L.R.298.b.2, 12

Reference (shelfmark):
L.R.298.b.2, 12
Title:
The North American Indian. The Hopi. [portfolio of large plates supplementing volume XII]. Photographer(s): Curtis, Edward Sheriff
Scope & Content:
Imprint: Seattle: E. S. Curtis, 1922. Half-leather and buckram portfolio containing introductory letterpress sheet of captions and notes, with plates 400(b)-435 of the series of sepia coloured aquatint photogravures printed on individual leaves of heavy rag paper measuring 560 x 460 mm, with t...
Collection Area:
Printed Collections
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1900-1921
Extent:
36 items

2. L.R.298.b.2, 12(400b)

Reference (shelfmark):
L.R.298.b.2, 12(400b)
Title:
Loitering at the spring. Photographer: Curtis, Edward Sheriff
Scope & Content:
Portrait group of young women gathered beside a pool to collect water: 'A group of Walpi and Hano girls in holiday attire. The background is a typical bit of Southwestern desert.' For a note on the dating of this photograph, see plate 407.
Collection Area:
Printed Collections
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1921
Extent:
1 item

3. L.R.298.b.2, 12(401)

Reference (shelfmark):
L.R.298.b.2, 12(401)
Title:
Buffalo dance at Hano. Photographer: Curtis, Edward Sheriff
Scope & Content:
General view of the dance in progress, with spectators seated on the steps and terraces of the buildings in the background: 'The Buffalo dance at the Upper Rio Grande pueblos was lately introduced among the Hopi, who attach no religious significance to it.'
Collection Area:
Printed Collections
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1921
Extent:
1 item

4. L.R.298.b.2, 12(402)

Reference (shelfmark):
L.R.298.b.2, 12(402)
Title:
Tewa girl. Photographer: Curtis, Edward Sheriff
Scope & Content:
Head-and-shoulders portrait of a Tewa woman: 'An excellent feminine type of these early immigrants from the Rio Grande. The arrangement of her hair suggests that she is unmarried.'
Collection Area:
Printed Collections
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1921
Extent:
1 item

5. L.R.298.b.2, 12(403)

Reference (shelfmark):
L.R.298.b.2, 12(403)
Title:
Hopi mother. Photographer: Curtis, Edward Sheriff
Scope & Content:
Three-quarter length portrait of a Hopi woman, her child carried in a sling over her back.
Collection Area:
Printed Collections
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1921
Extent:
1 item

6. L.R.298.b.2, 12(404)

Reference (shelfmark):
L.R.298.b.2, 12(404)
Title:
Antelopes and snakes at Oraibi. Photographer: Curtis, Edward Sheriff
Scope & Content:
View of the ritual singing in progress, with spectators gathered on the roofs of the buildings in the background: 'The Antelope fraternity, at the right, and the Snake fraternity facing them at the left, engage in singing prior to handling the reptiles in the Snake dance. At the extreme right is...
Collection Area:
Printed Collections
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1921
Extent:
1 item

7. L.R.298.b.2, 12(405)

Reference (shelfmark):
L.R.298.b.2, 12(405)
Title:
Watching the dancers. Photographer: Curtis, Edward Sheriff
Scope & Content:
An elegantly composed study, taken from behind and looking towards four young women gathered on the roof of a house: 'A group of girls on the topmost roof of Walpi, looking down into the plaza.'
Collection Area:
Printed Collections
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1906
Extent:
1 item

8. L.R.298.b.2, 12(406)

Reference (shelfmark):
L.R.298.b.2, 12(406)
Title:
A Hopi girl. Photographer: Curtis, Edward Sheriff
Scope & Content:
Half-length right profile portrait of a young Hopi woman, posed to illustrate the characteristic hairstyle: 'Soft, regular features are characteristic of Hopi young women, and no small part of a mother's time is used to be devoted to dressing the hair of her unmarried daughters. The aboriginal s...
Collection Area:
Printed Collections
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1905
Extent:
1 item

9. L.R.298.b.2, 12(407)

Reference (shelfmark):
L.R.298.b.2, 12(407)
Title:
Evening in Hopi land. Photographer: Curtis, Edward Sheriff
Scope & Content:
Group of three girls seated beside a pool with their water pots. This photograph, taken from exactly the same viewpoint and with some of the same sitters, was clearly taken on the same occasion as plate 400(b), although that photograph bears a copyright date of 1921.
Collection Area:
Printed Collections
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1906
Extent:
1 item

10. L.R.298.b.2, 12(408)

Reference (shelfmark):
L.R.298.b.2, 12(408)
Title:
Honovi — Walpi snake priest, with Totokya Day painting. Photographer: Curtis, Edward Sheriff
Scope & Content:
Three-quarter length seated full-face portrait of the snake priest Walpi: 'This plate depicts the accoutrement of a Snake dancer on the day of the Antelope dance (see Volume XII, pages 146-149). The right hand grasps a pair of eagle-feathers — the 'snake whip' — and the left a bag of ceremonial ...
Collection Area:
Printed Collections
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1921
Extent:
1 item

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