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Edward S. Curtis — Portfolio XVII, Plate 607: A Zuñi Governor
Edward S. Curtis

Portfolio XVII, Plate 607: A Zuñi Governor

1905

Reflecting the complex political structures of Pueblo society, this portrait documents a Zuñi leader who served as an intermediary between traditional governance and American colonial administration.

Medium
photogravure

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Edward S. Curtis, Portfolio XVII, Plate 607: A Zuñi Governor, 1905

Reflecting the complex political structures of Pueblo society, this portrait documents a Zuñi leader who served as an intermediary between traditional governance and American colonial administration.

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

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Cultural, Monochrome, Documentary, American, Early Modern, Portrait, Photogravure, Ethnographic, Sepia Tones, Indigenous

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Cleveland Museum of Art, Art Institute of Chicago