Portfolio plate no. 159
Title
Announcement - Arikara
Curtis Caption
Among the Missouri River Indians of the earthen lodges - the Mandan, Hidatsa, and Arikara - the chiefs and priests made their announcements from the housetops. This picture is of Bear's Teeth standing on the roof of the ceremonial lodge in which occurred the medicine ceremony described in Volume V, pages 70-76.
Creator
Curtis, Edward S. 1868-1952
Physical Description
1 photogravure : brown ink ; 45 x 34 cm [plate size]
Original photogravure produced in Boston by John Andrew & Son
Date of Original
1908
Source
The North American Indian (1907-1930) v.05, The Mandan. The Arikara. The Atsina ([Seattle] : E.S. Curtis ; [Cambridge, Mass. : The University Press], 1909), plate no. 159
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.
cp05012
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/
