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A Mat House – Skokomish
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| Artist / Maker | Edward S. Curtis |
|---|---|
| Date | 1912 |
| Culture / Origin | United States |
| Medium | Photogravure, plate 301 from "The North American Indian, Volume 9" (1913) |
| Dimensions | Image: 30 × 39.2 cm (11 13/16 × 15 7/16 in.); Paper: 35 × 42.5 cm (13 13/16 × 16 3/4 in.); Mount: 46.1 × 56.1 cm (18 3/16 × 22 1/8 in.) |
| Department | Photography and Media |
| Type | Photograph |
About the Artist
Edward S. Curtis American, 1868 - 1952 Edward Sheriff Curtis, born near White Water, Wisconsin, was a well-established commercial photographer before he undertook his best known work shortly before the turn of the century. Working first as photographer for the Edward H. Harriman expedition in Alaska (1899), he later secured the endorsement of Theodore Roosevelt and the support of J. P. Morgan for an extensive anthropological and photographic study of Native Americans. Curtis's work from 1906 -- 20 resulted in… Full biography →
Provenance & Source
Image & data: Art Institute of Chicago, CC0 / Public Domain.
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