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Edward S. Curtis — Portfolio IV, Plate 141: Apsaroke Medicine Tipi
Edward S. Curtis

Portfolio IV, Plate 141: Apsaroke Medicine Tipi

1905

Documenting the spiritual architecture of the Crow people, this photograph reveals Curtis's interest in the material culture and ceremonial practices that he feared were disappearing from the Great Plains.

Medium
photogravure

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Edward S. Curtis, Portfolio IV, Plate 141: Apsaroke Medicine Tipi, 1905

Documenting the spiritual architecture of the Crow people, this photograph reveals Curtis's interest in the material culture and ceremonial practices that he feared were disappearing from the Great Plains.

Medium
photogravure
Year
1905
Seen at
Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH

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Cultural, Sepia Tone, Documentary, American, Native American, Early Photography, 1900s, Landscape, Photogravure, Ethnographic

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Cleveland Museum of Art, Art Institute of Chicago