Invocation--Sioux – Historic Print
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Invocation--Sioux
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Edward S. Curtis made this portrait as part of his multivolume project The North American Indian, and it was published as plate 109 in a supplementary volume. The title "Invocation" and the subject heading on calumets point to a ceremonial moment, with the sacred pipe central to the sitter's prayer. Curtis worked across many Plains and Northwest communities between about 1900 and 1930, often staging figures in traditional dress to evoke a vanished way of life. The image is worth reading as both a record of spiritual practice and a deliberately composed artwork shaped by the photographer's own vision.
| Created / published | c1907 December 26. |
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| Medium | 1 photographic print. |
| Genre | Photographic prints 1900-1910.Portrait photographs 1900-1910. |
| Notes | H104321 U.S. Copyright Office. Curtis no. 2508-07. 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. 3, pl. 109. |
| Subjects | Indians of North America--Spiritual life--1900-1910. Dakota Indians--Spiritual life--1900-1910. Calumets--1900-1910. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,165 × 1,536 px · prints to 4 × 5 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-127785 |
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