Portfolio plate no. 481
Title
Gathering tules - Lake Pomo
Curtis Caption
The round-stem tule, Scirpus lacustris, was used principally for thatching houses, for making mats by stringing them laterally on parallel cords, and, securely lashed together in long bundles, in the construction of serviceable and quickly made canoes.
Creator
Curtis, Edward S. 1868-1952
Physical Description
1 photogravure : brown ink ; 35 x 44 cm [plate size]
Original photogravure produced in Norwood, Mass. by Plimpton Press
Date of Original
1924
Source
The North American Indian (1907-1930) v.14, The Kato. The Wailaki. The Yuki. The Pomo. The Wintun. The Maidu. The Miwok. The Yokuts ([Seattle] : E.S. Curtis ; [Cambridge, Mass. : The University Press], 1924), plate no. 481
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.
cp14010
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/
