Portfolio plate no. 359
Title
Passing a dreaded point
Curtis Caption
Precipitous cliffs such as this are especially feared in rough weather, and the steersman usually supplicates the genius loci under the title of Numas ("old man").
Creator
Curtis, Edward S. 1868-1952
Physical Description
1 photogravure : brown ink ; 45 x 31 cm [plate size]
Original photogravure produced in Boston by John Andrew & Son
Date of Original
1914
Source
The North American Indian (1907-1930) v.10, The Kwakiutl ([Seattle] : E.S. Curtis ; [Cambridge, Mass. : The University Press], 1915), plate no. 359
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.
cp10031
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/
