Portfolio plate no. 87
Title
High Hawk
Curtis Caption
The subject is shown in all the finery of a warrior dressed for a gala occasion - scalp-shirt, leggings, moccasins, and pipe-bag, all embroidered with porcupine-quills; eagle-feather war bonnet, and stone-headed war-club from the handle of which dangles a scalp. High Hawk is prominent among the Brules mainly because he is now their leading historical authority, being much in demand to determine the dates of events important to his fellow tribesmen. His calendar, or "winter-count," is explained, and in part reproduced, in Volume III, pages 159-182.
Creator
Curtis, Edward S. 1868-1952
Physical Description
1 photogravure : brown ink ; 46 x 30 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. 87
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.
cp03012
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/
