Princess Angeline. Photographer: Curtis, Edward Sheriff
Scope & Content:
Head-and-shoulders portrait of an elderly Indian woman, wearing a head scarf: 'This aged woman, daughter of the chief Siahl (Seattle), was for many years a familiar figure in the streets of Seattle.'
The tule gatherer. Photographer: Curtis, Edward Sheriff
Scope & Content:
Showing a woman loading a bundle of reeds onto a canoe beached at the water's edge: 'The manufacture of tule mats for use as carpets, house-walls, mattresses, capes, and sails is still in many localities an important duty of women.'
The clam digger. Photographer: Curtis, Edward Sheriff
Scope & Content:
Showing a woman digging for clams at the water's edge of Puget Sound, with her canoe to the right: 'Clams are an important food to those who live in the vicinity of the clam beds; to others they are a comparative luxury obtained by barter. The implement of the digger is a wooden dibble.'
Head-and-shoulders full-face portrait of a Lummi man: 'The Lummi held considerable territory in the vicinity of Lummi bay, Washington, as well as many of the San Juan islands.'