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[Wades in Water, Piegan Indian, full-length portrait, seated on floor, facing front, with braids, beaded buckskin shirt and leggings, beads with ermine tail trim] – Vintage Wall Art

[Wades in Water, Piegan Indian, full-length portrait, seated on floor, facing front, with braids, beaded buckskin shirt and leggings, beads with ermine tail trim], c1910. — historic photograph
[Wades in Water, Piegan Indian, full-length portrait, seated on floor, facing front, with braids, beaded buckskin shirt and leggings, beads with ermine tail trim], c1910.. Historic photograph from the Historic Print Archive 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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Wades in Water, a Piegan man, sits full length on the floor facing the camera, with his hair in braids and his beaded buckskin shirt and leggings trimmed with ermine tails. Edward S. Curtis made the portrait around 1910 for his large survey of Native American peoples, and the record notes its registration with the U.S. Copyright Office. Curtis often posed sitters in regalia so that clothing and adornment could be documented in detail. The Piegan, part of the Blackfeet Nation in Montana and Alberta, are known for finely worked beadwork, which makes these garments worth a close look.

Created / publishedc1910.
Medium1 photographic print.
GenrePortrait photographs 1910.Photographic prints 1910.
NotesJ139765 U.S. Copyright Office. Edward S. Curtis Collection. Curtis no. 3097-09.
SubjectsWades in Water. Indians of North America--Clothing & dress--1910. Piegan Indians--Clothing & dress--1910.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan3,237 × 4,096 px · prints to 11 × 14 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-186130

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