Portfolio plate no. 594
Title
Washing wheat - San Juan
Curtis Caption
Threshed by the aid of animals and winnowed by tossing in the breeze, wheat is placed in loose-mesh baskets and submerged in the water of an acequia. Particles of earth are thus dissolved, and floating bits of straw and chaff are scooped off. After thoroughly drying in the sun, the grain is stored in bags.
Creator
Curtis, Edward S. 1868-1952
Physical Description
1 photogravure : brown ink ; 36 x 44 cm [plate size]
Original photogravure produced in Cambridge, Mass. by Suffolk Engraving Co.
Date of Original
1905
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. 594
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.
cp17015
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/
