Portfolio plate no. 83
Title
Sun dancer
Curtis Caption
"As they dance, the performers never leave the spot on which they stand, the movement consisting in a slight upward spring from the toes and ball of the foot; legs and body are rigid. Always the right palm is extended to the yellow glaring sun, and their eyes are fixed on its lower rim. The dancer concentrates his mind, his very self, upon the one thing that he desires, whether it be the acquirement of powerful medicine or only success in the next conflict with the enemy." - Volume III, pages 95-96.
Creator
Curtis, Edward S. 1868-1952
Physical Description
1 photogravure : brown ink ; 46 x 31 cm [plate size]
Original photogravure produced in Boston by John Andrew & Son
Date of Original
1907
Source
The North American Indian (1907-1930) v.03, The Teton Sioux. The Yanktonai. The Assiniboin ([Seattle] : E.S. Curtis ; [Cambridge, Mass. : The University Press], 1908), plate no. 83
Relation
Digital images of the plates supported by an award from the Library of Congress/Ameritech National Digital Library Competition, and mounted in American Memory. See http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/award98/ienhtml/curthome.html
Digital reproduction of the photomechanical print
Digital I.D.
cp03008
Rights
For educational, non-commercial use only. Written permission
required for any reproduction beyond fair use. Credit: Northwestern
University Library, Edward S. Curtis's "The North American Indian," 2003.
http://digital.library.northwestern.edu/curtis/
