Edward S. Curtis (1868-1952)
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Title:
Unpublished Not Com Sa Hait
Date:
1899
Size:
15 1/2 x 8 inches
Medium:
Vintage Platinum Photograph
Signed:
L/R
Description by Edward Curtis: This portrait presents an unpublished version of a splendid type of the Nez Perce man. There are as few as 5-6 examples of this image in any medium.
This typical looking Nez Perce Man has very strong facial features and stares directly into the camera. With his hair combed high on top of his head and also flowing softly on either side of his face. He has many necklaces and a simple draped garment. The background is dark brown and was likely taken in Curtis’ Tipi.
LANGUAGE: Shahaptian
LOCATION: Washington, Oregon, Idaho, and Montana- From the Bitterroot mountains on the east, the divide between the Snake and Salmon Rivers in the south, the Blue Mountains in the west and the low divide between the Snake River and the Palouse in the north.
DRESS: The costumes of both sexes were plains style, with the single exception of the fez-shaped basket-hats of the women. The usual material for clothing was deerskin, but the dresses of women were frequently of mountain-sheep skin.
From information recorded by Edward S Curtis in his North American Indian volumes.
This vintage platinum photograph is an unpublished example. The published version is portrait only titled "A Typlical Nez Perce"
This typical looking Nez Perce Man has very strong facial features and stares directly into the camera. With his hair combed high on top of his head and also flowing softly on either side of his face. He has many necklaces and a simple draped garment. The background is dark brown and was likely taken in Curtis’ Tipi.
LANGUAGE: Shahaptian
LOCATION: Washington, Oregon, Idaho, and Montana- From the Bitterroot mountains on the east, the divide between the Snake and Salmon Rivers in the south, the Blue Mountains in the west and the low divide between the Snake River and the Palouse in the north.
DRESS: The costumes of both sexes were plains style, with the single exception of the fez-shaped basket-hats of the women. The usual material for clothing was deerskin, but the dresses of women were frequently of mountain-sheep skin.
From information recorded by Edward S Curtis in his North American Indian volumes.
This vintage platinum photograph is an unpublished example. The published version is portrait only titled "A Typlical Nez Perce"