Between 1900 and 1930, Edward S. Curtis traveled across the continent photographing more than seventy Native American tribes. The photographs presented daily activities, customs, and religions of a people he called “a vanishing race.” To this end, Curtis often costumed his subjects and set up scenes, mixing tribal artifacts and traditions to match his romanticized vision of the people he studied.
A Democracy of Images: Photographs from the Smithsonian American Art Museum, 2013
A Democracy of Images: Photographs from the Smithsonian American Art Museum, 2013
- Title
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Girl and Jar–San Ildefonso
- Artists
- Printer
- Publishers
- Date
- 1905
- Location
- Not on view
- Dimensions
- sight 16 5⁄8 x 12 1⁄4 in. (12.3 x 31.1 cm.)
- Credit Line
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Smithsonian American Art Museum
Transfer from the United States Marshal Service of the U.S. Department of Justice
- Mediums Description
- photogravure
- Classifications
- Highlights
- Keywords
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- Ethnic – Indian
- Landscape – New Mexico – San Ildefonso
- Figure female – bust
- Object – art object – pottery
- Object Number
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1988.5.18
- Palette
- Linked Open Data
- Linked Open Data URI
