Call NumberX-34112CreatorCurtis, Edward S., 1868-1952Date1900-1910SummaryA Native American (Sioux) man stands on a rock and raises an arm above his head. The man has braids and wears a breechcloth, beaded moccasins, feathers in his hair, and holds a wooden pipe and a beaded tobacco bag. Shows feathers and a fringed pouch among items on the rock.Physical Description1 photomechanical print : photogravure, brown ink ; 46 x 30 cm (18 x 12 in.) on sheet 57 x 45 cm (22 1/2 x 18 in.)Born-Digital or AnalogAnalogSubjectDakota IndiansIndians of North AmericaLoinclothsOglala IndiansCalumetsRites & ceremoniesShrinesWarriorsCollectionPhotographs - Western HistoryRelated MaterialImage file: ZZR710034112Type of MaterialPhotogravuresDigital Version Created FromNorth American Indian : v. 3, plate no. 109.Original Material Found in CollectionThe North American Indian, v. 3. The Teton Sioux, the Yanktonai, the Assiniboin.NotesCondition: edges worn. Description by Edward S. Curtis: "Scattered throughout the Indian country are found spots that are virtually shrines. These are often boulders or other rocks which through some chance have been invested with mythic significance, and to them priest and war-leaders repair to invoke the aid of the supernatural powers. The half-buried bowlder [sic] on which the suppliant stands is accredited with the power of revealing to the warrior the foreordained result of his projected raid. Its surface bears what the Indians call the imprint of human feet, and it is owing to this peculiarity that it became a shrine. About it the soil is almost completely worn away by the generations of suppliants who have journeyed hither for divine revelation."; Original photogravure produced in Boston by John Andrew & Son, c1907. Title reproduced in photogravure. Photogravure print on Van Gelder Holland paper. R7100341122PublisherE.S. CurtisLanguageeng
