Anthropology Collection (page 8)

The Chanter, c1905. Creator: Edward Sheriff Curtis
The Chanter, c1905. Head-and-shoulders portrait of Navajo Indian, wrapped in blanket

Invocation-Sioux, c1907. Creator: Edward Sheriff Curtis
Invocation-Sioux, c1907. Photographs shows a Dakota man, wearing breechcloth, holding pipe, with right hand raised skyward

Saliva, Slow Bull (in background), Picket Pin's arm, c1907. Creator: Edward Sheriff Curtis
Saliva, Slow Bull (in background), Picket Pin's arm, c1907. Three Dakota men, seated or kneeling on ground, one attending to bison skull

Priests passing before the pipe-Cheyenne, c1910. Creator: Edward Sheriff Curtis
Priests passing before the pipe-Cheyenne, c1910. Group of Cheyenne people, most seated in a semicircle during sun dance ceremony, woman in foreground is holding pipe, buffalo skull in foreground

Offering the pipe, 1908. Creator: Edward Sheriff Curtis
Offering the pipe, 1908. Photograph shows woman offering a pipe to a tree

For strength and visions-Apsaroke, c1908. Creator: Edward Sheriff Curtis
For strength and visions-Apsaroke, c1908. Photograph shows an Apsaroke man, leaning back slightly, with strips of leather attached to his chest and tethered to a pole secured by rocks

The offering-San Ildefonso, c1927. Creator: Edward Sheriff Curtis
The offering-San Ildefonso, c1927. Photograph shows a barechested Tewa man, standing high on a cliff, arms stretched before him as he sprinkles cornmeal as an offering at the start of a day

Sun dance in progress-Cheyenne, c1910. Creator: Edward Sheriff Curtis
Sun dance in progress-Cheyenne, c1910

Arikara Medicine Ceremony-The Ducks, c1908. Creator: Edward Sheriff Curtis
Arikara Medicine Ceremony-The Ducks, c1908. Photo shows three Arikara men, members of the medicine fraternity, dancing, painted to represent ducks and holding rushes

Nature's mirror-Navaho, 1904, c1904. Creator: Edward Sheriff Curtis
Nature's mirror-Navaho, 1904, c1904. Woman standing on rock in reflecting pool of water

Cornfields of Cañon del Muerto, 1906, c1907. Creator: Edward Sheriff Curtis
Cornfields of Canon del Muerto, 1906, c1907. Navajo Indian cornfield, cliffs in background

Offering pipe to the skull-Cheyenne, c1910. Creator: Edward Sheriff Curtis
Offering pipe to the skull-Cheyenne, c1910. Woman offering pipe to buffalo skull, during sun dance ceremony

A child of the desert, c1904. Creator: Edward Sheriff Curtis
A child of the desert, c1904. Head-and-shoulders portrait of Navajo Indian child, facing front, blanket around back of head and shoulders

Haschogan (House God) - The Yebichai Hunchback, 1904 Creator: Edward Sheriff Curtis
Haschogan (House God) - The Yebichai Hunchback, 1904 Photograph shows a Navajo man, half-length, seated, facing front, wearing a ceremonial mask with feathers

Many Goat's son, c1904. Creator: Edward Sheriff Curtis
Many Goat's son, c1904. Head-and shoulders portrait of Navajo boy, facing front, blanket wrapped around him

A policeman, c1904. Creator: Edward Sheriff Curtis
A policeman, c1904. Photograph shows half-length portrait of a Navajo man identified as a policeman

The youth from the desert land-Navaho, c1906. Creator: Edward Sheriff Curtis
The youth from the desert land-Navaho, c1906

Spokan camp, c1910. Creator: Edward Sheriff Curtis
Spokan camp, c1910. Five tipis and a tent in clearing among pine trees

Gray Dawn-Cheyenne, c1910. Creator: Edward Sheriff Curtis
Gray Dawn-Cheyenne, c1910. Sun dance lodge with Cheyenne people standing inside

Offering the pipe to the Earth-Cheyenne, c1910. Creator: Edward Sheriff Curtis
Offering the pipe to the Earth-Cheyenne, c1910. Cheyenne woman holding pipe close to earth, during the sun dance ceremony

Cliff perched homes-Hopi, c1906. Creator: Edward Sheriff Curtis
Cliff perched homes-Hopi, c1906. Four Hopi women in front of pueblo buildings

Joseph Dead Feast Lodge-Nez Percé, c1905. Creator: Edward Sheriff Curtis
Joseph Dead Feast Lodge-Nez Perce, c1905

Camp life, c1908. Creator: Edward Sheriff Curtis
Camp life, c1908. Four canvas covered tipis, Assiniboine women and children seated on ground, South Dakota

Crazy dancers-Cheyenne, c1910. Creator: Edward Sheriff Curtis
Crazy dancers-Cheyenne, c1910. Cheyenne dancers around stick tripod

The scout in winter-Apsaroke, c1908. Creator: Edward Sheriff Curtis
The scout in winter-Apsaroke, c1908. Apsaroke man on horseback on snow-covered ground, probably in Pryor Mountains, Montana

Mandan earthen lodge, c1908. Creator: Edward Sheriff Curtis
Mandan earthen lodge, c1908. Earthen lodge, with bull boat by doorway, North Dakota

Street Scene-San Juan, c1927. Creator: Edward Sheriff Curtis
Street Scene-San Juan, c1927

Giving the medicine-Navaho, c1905. Creator: Edward Sheriff Curtis
Giving the medicine-Navaho, c1905. Photograph shows aNavajo shaman giving medicine to participant sitting atop blanket(?) used in sweatbath, as two others look on

Lawyer-Nez Percé, c1905. Creator: Edward Sheriff Curtis
Lawyer-Nez Perce, c1905. Head-and-shoulders portrait profile of Nez Perce man

Pojoaque, c1905. Creator: Edward Sheriff Curtis
Pojoaque, c1905. View of Pojoaque Pueblo, New Mexico, with adobe structures

Acoma belfry, c1905. Creator: Edward Sheriff Curtis
Acoma belfry, c1905

Before the final journey-Cheyenne, c1910. Creator: Edward Sheriff Curtis
Before the final journey-Cheyenne, c1910. Cheyenne people gathered in open area, for Sun Dance ceremony; several tents and hills in background

Hu ka-lowa pifire-carrier bringing the skull, c1908. Creator: Edward Sheriff Curtis
Hu ka-lowa pifire-carrier bringing the skull, c1908. Man in breechcloth, bending over buffalo skull

Chiefs in the Sun Dance parade-Cheyenne, c1927. Creator: Edward Sheriff Curtis
Chiefs in the Sun Dance parade-Cheyenne, c1927. Several Cheyenne chiefs on horseback in a row in an open field

Yeibichai war gods, 1904, c1905. Creator: Edward Sheriff Curtis
Yeibichai war gods, 1904, c1905. Photograph shows three Natives: Tonenili, Tobadzischini, and Nayenezgani, in ceremonial dress, photographed against dark rock background

Mandan bull boat, c1908. Creator: Edward Sheriff Curtis
Mandan bull boat, c1908

Mission and church at Acoma, c1905. Creator: Edward Sheriff Curtis
Mission and church at Acoma, c1905

Visitors at Jicarilla, c1905. Creator: Edward Sheriff Curtis
Visitors at Jicarilla, c1905. Men and pack animals gathered outside Jicarilla tipi

The Wolf, animal dance-Cheyenne, c1927. Creator: Edward Sheriff Curtis
The Wolf, animal dance-Cheyenne, c1927

Zuni Indian bead worker drilling holes in beads, c1903. Creator: Edward Sheriff Curtis
Zuni Indian bead worker drilling holes in beads, c1903

Zuni ornaments, c1903. Creator: Edward Sheriff Curtis
Zuni ornaments, c1903. Zuni woman wearing jewelry

The river camp, c1905. Creator: Edward Sheriff Curtis
The river camp, c1905. Crow man with two children and woman(?) at river's edge; tipi, surrounded by trees and mountains

An Assiniboin camp containing four tepees with Indians seated on ground, c1908. Creator: Edward Sheriff Curtis
An Assiniboin camp containing four tepees with Indians seated on ground, c1908

The altar, c1910. Creator: Edward Sheriff Curtis
The altar, c1910. Cheyenne altar inside tent, with buffalo skull on ground surrounded by boughs and sticks with feathers; additional sticks

The dawn of day, c1905. Creator: Edward Sheriff Curtis
The dawn of day, c1905. Hopi Indians, on horseback, looking toward horizon and dawn light

Arikara woman, 1908, c1908. Creator: Edward Sheriff Curtis
Arikara woman, 1908, c1908. Half-length portrait, facing front

Yebichai prayer, C, c1906. Creator: Edward Sheriff Curtis
Yebichai prayer, C, c1906. Navajo men impersonating myth characters during Yebichai dance

Hopi life, c1907. Creator: Edward Sheriff Curtis
Hopi life, c1907. Several Hopi women and children seated on floor of unfurnished indoor structure

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