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PioPio-Maksmaks, Profile--Wallawalla – Vintage Wall Art

PioPio-Maksmaks, Profile--Wallawalla, c1905. — historic photograph
PioPio-Maksmaks, Profile--Wallawalla, c1905.. Historic photograph from the Native Americans collection.

(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)

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This rare historic photograph captures PioPio-Maksmaks, Profile--Wallawalla in remarkable detail. It comes from the collections of the Library of Congress, scanned from the original and carefully restored.

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Edward S. Curtis made this profile portrait of PioPio-Maksmaks, a Walla Walla sitter, with the face turned to the side so that features and dress stand out clearly. The photograph dates to about 1905 and was later published as plate 268 in volume 8 of *The North American Indian*, Curtis's multivolume survey issued in Seattle between 1907 and 1930. Curtis often asked his sitters to wear clothing he considered traditional, so the record's emphasis on dress is worth noting. The image preserves an individual's appearance from a period when Walla Walla life was changing quickly under settlement and reservation policy.

Created / publishedc1905.
Medium1 photographic print.
GenrePortrait photographs 1900-1910.Photographic prints 1900-1910.
NotesLC no. 18. Forms part of: Edward S. Curtis Collection (Library of Congress). Published in: The North American Indian / Edward S. Curtis. [Seattle, Wash.] : Edward S. Curtis, 1907-30, Suppl. v. 8, pl. 268.
SubjectsPioPio-Maksmaks. Indians of North America--Clothing & dress--1900-1910. Walla Walla Indians--Clothing & dress--1900-1910.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan3,737 × 4,667 px · prints to 12 × 16 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-222165

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