A Native American (Sioux) woman hauls a bundle of sticks on her back. Shows the back of the woman in a woven blanket with a fringed hem, trees and snow on the ground.
Description
1 photomechanical print : photogravure, brown ink ; 45 x 34 cm. (18 x 13 in.) on sheet 57 x 45 cm. (22 1/2 x 18 in.)
Scale
Great Plains.
Is Part Of
The North American Indian, v. 3. The Teton Sioux, the Yanktonai, the Assiniboin.
Subject
Dakota Indians; Indians of North America; Fuelwood gathering; Lifting & carrying; Women
Format-Medium
Photograph
Source
North American Indian : v. 3, plate no. 105.
Rights Contact Information
Copyright restrictions applying to use or reproduction of this image available from the Western History and Genealogy Dept., Denver Public Library, at photosales@denverlibrary.org.
Reproduction Available for Purchase
Yes (digital reproduction)
Publisher
E.S. Curtis
Related Material
Image file: ZZR710034108
Notes
Condition: edges worn.; Description by Edward S. Curtis: "Fuel for cooking and for warming the tipi was gathered and carried by the women, as a part of their domestic work."; Formerly F18260.; Original photogravure produced in Boston by John Andrew & Son, c1908.; Title reproduced in photogravure.; Photogravure print on Van Gelder Holland paper.; R7100341083
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