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Edward S. Curtis’s
The North American Indian

portfolio 12 plate no. 419 Potter mixing clay - photogravure plate

Portfolio plate no. 419

Title

Potter mixing clay

Curtis Caption

This woman, so aged that her shrivelled skin hangs in folds, still finds pleasure in creating artistic and utilitarian pieces of pottery.

Creator

Curtis, Edward S. 1868-1952

Physical Description

1 photogravure : brown ink ; 35 x 43 cm [plate size]
Original photogravure produced in Cambridge, Mass. by Suffolk Engraving Co.

Date of Original

1921

Source

The North American Indian (1907-1930) v.12, The Hopi ([Seattle] : E.S. Curtis ; [Cambridge, Mass. : The University Press], 1922), plate no. 419

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.

cp12020

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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