Portfolio plate no.375
Title
Oldest man of Nootka
Curtis Caption
This individual is the most primitive relic in the modernized village of Nootka. Stark naked, he may be seen hobbling about the beach or squatting in the sun, living in thought in the golden age when the social and ceremonial customs of his people were what they had always been.
Creator
Curtis, Edward S. 1868-1952
Physical Description
1 photogravure : brown ink ; 45 x 32 cm [plate size]
Original photogravure produced in Boston by John Andrew & Son
Date of Original
1915
Source
The North American Indian (1907-1930) v.11, The Nootka. The Haida ([Seattle] : E.S. Curtis ; [Cambridge, Mass. : The University Press], 1916), plate no. 375
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.
cp11011
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/
