Black Hair – Antique Wall Art
(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 Black Hair in remarkable detail. The original is held by the Library of Congress, so what you hang is a true record of its time.
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Black Hair
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Black Hair is the name Edward S. Curtis recorded for this sitter, and the catalog headings single out the clothing and headdress worn for the portrait. Curtis made studies like this around 1905 as part of his effort to document Native peoples in traditional dress, work that grew into *The North American Indian*, a twenty-volume series published from 1907 to 1930. Many of his sitters were posed in regalia that he selected, so the costume reveals as much about his staging as about everyday life.
| Created / published | c1905. |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 photographic print. |
| Genre | Portrait photographs 1900-1910.Photographic prints 1900-1910. |
| Notes | Curtis no. 221-05. LC no. 57. Forms part of: Edward S. Curtis Collection (Library of Congress). |
| Subjects | Black Hair. Indians of North America--Clothing & dress--1900-1910. Headdresses--1900-1910. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 3,737 × 4,652 px · prints to 12 × 16 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-222218 |
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