Nez Percé babe – Historic Reproduction
(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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Nez Percé babe comes to life in this historic photograph, reproduced from the original with every detail intact. The original is held by the Library of Congress, so what you hang is a true record of its time.
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A baby bound snugly in a cradleboard is the focus of this portrait, which the Library of Congress dates to about 1899. Edward S. Curtis made it during his long project to record Native peoples of North America, and it appeared as plate 266 in the supplement to *The North American Indian*, published in Seattle between 1907 and 1930. The cradleboard, a rigid frame that many Native families used to carry and hold infants, shows how an everyday object shaped child care among the Nez Percé and other nations of the Northwest. Curtis's photogravures were reproduced in limited editions, so the print also reflects the careful composition and publishing ambitions behind the series.
| Created / published | c1899. |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 photographic print. |
| Genre | Portrait photographs 1900-1910.Photographic prints 1900-1910. |
| Notes | H91459 U.S. Copyright Office. LC no. 70. Curtis copyrighted. 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. 266. |
| Subjects | Indians of North America--Children--1900-1910. Nez Percé Indians--Children--1900-1910. Cradleboards--1900-1910. Infants--1900-1910. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 3,737 × 4,667 px · prints to 12 × 16 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-222173 |
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