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Edward S. Curtis’s
The North American Indian

portfolio 17 plate no. 601 Oyi (Duck White), summer cacique of Santa Clara - photogravure plate

Portfolio plate no. 601

Title

Oyi

Curtis Caption

Each Tewa pueblo is dominated by two native priests, the so-called caciques, one of whom is in charge of religious activities from the end of February to the middle of October, the other during the remainder of the year.

Creator

Curtis, Edward S. 1868-1952

Physical Description

1 photogravure : brown ink ; 46 x 34 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. 601

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.

cp17022

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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