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Edward S. Curtis’s
The North American Indian

portfolio 7 plate no. 221 Wife of Mnainak – Yakima - photogravure plate

Portfolio plate no. 221

Title

Wife of Mnainak - Yakima

Curtis Caption

Mnainak, son of the former chief of the Columbia River village Skin at the north side of Celilo falls, is probably the man of greatest influence among the remnant of the cognate bands that constitute the Yakima.

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

1910

Source

The North American Indian (1907-1930) v.07, The Yakima. The Klickitat. Salishan tribes of the interior. The Kutenai ([Seattle] : E.S. Curtis ; [Cambridge, Mass. : The University Press], 1911), plate no. 221

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.

cp07002

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/

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