Portfolio plate no. 520
Title
Cahuilla house in the desert
Curtis Caption
The Desert Cahuilla are found on several small reservations in their former habitat, the upper end of Salton sink, the greater part of which is below sea-level. They subsisted principally on rabbits and other rodents, and mesquite-beans.
Creator
Curtis, Edward S. 1868-1952
Physical Description
1 photogravure : brown ink ; 35 x 43 cm [plate size]
Original photogravure produced in Norwood, Mass. by Plimpton Press
Date of Original
1924
Source
The North American Indian (1907-1930) v.15, Southern California Shoshoneans. The Dieguenos Plateau Shoshoneans. The Washo ([Seattle] : E.S. Curtis ; [Cambridge, Mass. : The University Press], 1926), plate no. 520
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.
cp15013
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/
