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Head Carry – Vintage Wall Art

Head Carry, c1900. — historic photograph
Head Carry, c1900.. 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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Few images capture their era like this historic photograph of Head Carry. The original is held by the Library of Congress, so what you hang is a true record of its time.

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The title names a method of carrying loads with a strap pressed across the forehead, so the image points to labor and daily work as much as to dress. Edward S. Curtis made it around 1900, early in the years he spent documenting Native peoples of North America for his multivolume work *The North American Indian*. Curtis often arranged his sitters, costumes and props, so the picture reflects his composed vision as well as everyday life. The headdress and clothing noted in its record are worth a closer look as part of that effort to preserve visual records of dress at the turn of the century.

Created / publishedc1900.
Medium1 photographic print.
GenrePortrait photographs 1900.Photographic prints 1900.
NotesCurtis no. 73. LC no. 92. Copyright by Curtis. Forms part of: Edward S. Curtis Collection (Library of Congress).
SubjectsHead Carry. Indians of North America--Clothing & dress--1900. Headdresses--1900.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan3,674 × 4,598 px · prints to 12 × 15 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-222289

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