Call NumberX-34032CreatorCurtis, Edward S., 1868-1952SummaryBust portrait of Nesjaja Hatali, a Native American (Navajo) man. He wears a cloth headband, a woven shirt, multi-strand bead or seed necklaces, and a squash blossom necklace with a naja pendant.Physical Description1 photomechanical print : photogravure, brown ink ; 44 x 33 cm (17 x 13 in.) on sheet 57 x 45 cm (22 1/2 x 18 in.)Born-Digital or AnalogAnalogSubjectIndians of North AmericaNavajo IndiansAged personsHeadbandsMenNecklacesShamansNesjaja Hatali.Geographic AreaNew SouthwestCollectionPhotographs - Western HistoryRelated MaterialImage file: ZZR710034032Type of MaterialPhotogravuresPortrait photographsDigital Version Created FromNorth American Indian : v. 1, plate no. 31Original Material Found in CollectionThe North American Indian, v. 1. The Apache, the Jicarillas, the Navaho.NotesCondition: edges worn. Description by Edward S. Curtis: A well-known Navaho medicine-man. While in the CanĚon de Chelly the writer witnessed a very interesting four days' ceremony given by the Wind Doctor. Nesjaja Hatali was also assistant medicine-man in two nine days' ceremonies studied - one in Canon del Muerto and the other in this portfolio (No. 39) is reproduced from one made and used by this priest-doctor in the Mountain Chant. Original photogravure produced in Boston by John Andrew & Son, c1904. Title reproduced in photogravure. Photogravure print on Van Gelder Holland paper. R7100340320PublisherE.S. CurtisLanguageeng
