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In the Bad Lands

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Call NumberX-34114CreatorCurtis, Edward S., 1868-1952Date1900-1910SummaryNative American men on horseback wear feather headdresses, beaded or quilled leggings and hold coup sticks on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation in South Dakota. Shows eroded buttes and spires of the Badlands in the distance.Physical Description1 photomechanical print : photogravure, brown ink ; 36 x 45 cm (14 x 18 in.) on sheet 57 x 45 cm (22 1/2 x 18 in.)Born-Digital or AnalogAnalogSubjectBadlands--South Dakota--Pine Ridge Indian ReservationDakota IndiansIndians of North AmericaBadlands (S.D. and Neb.)Pine Ridge Indian Reservation (S.D.)Sheep Mountain (S.D.)Horseback riding--South Dakota--Pine Ridge Indian ReservationWarriors--South Dakota--Pine Ridge Indian ReservationCollectionPhotographs - Western HistoryRelated MaterialImage file: ZZR710034114Type of MaterialPhotogravuresDigital Version Created FromNorth American Indian : v. 3, plate no. 119.Original Material Found in CollectionThe North American Indian, v. 3. The Teton Sioux, the Yanktonai, the Assiniboin.NotesCondition: edges worn, foxing. Description by Edward S. Curtis: "This striking picture was made at Sheep Mountain in the Bad Lands of Pine Ridge reservation, South Dakota."; Formerly F46846. Original photogravure produced in Boston by John Andrew & Son, c1904. Title reproduced in photogravure. Photogravure print on Van Gelder Holland paper. R7100341148PublisherE.S. CurtisLanguageeng

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