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Edward S. Curtis’s
The North American Indian

portfolio 17 plate no. 593 From the threshing floor - San Juan - photogravure plate

Portfolio plate no. 593

Title

From the threshing floor - San Juan

Curtis Caption

Grain is threshed by the hoofs of horses or goats in the fashion of Biblical times. (See Volume XVI, illustration facing page 42.)

Creator

Curtis, Edward S. 1868-1952

Physical Description

1 photogravure : brown ink ; 35 x 44 cm [plate size]
Original photogravure produced in Cambridge, Mass. by Suffolk Engraving Co.

Date of Original

1926

Source

The North American Indian (1907-1930) v.17, The Tewa. The Zuñi ([Seattle] : E.S. Curtis ; [Cambridge, Mass. : The University Press], 1926), plate no. 593

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.

cp17014

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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