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Absoraks – Antique Print

Absoraks, c1905. — historic photograph
Absoraks, c1905.. 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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The title "Absoraks" is an older English spelling of the name the Crow people use for themselves, Apsáalooke, which is also where the Absaroka Range and the Absaroka County name come from. Edward S. Curtis made this portrait around 1905 as part of his multivolume *The North American Indian*, which aimed to document Native peoples in photographs and written accounts before what he saw as a vanishing way of life. Curtis's studio-style sittings often combined posed portraiture with traditional dress and props, so the picture reflects his choices as much as the sitter's everyday life.

Created / publishedc1905.
Medium1 photographic print.
GenrePhotographic prints 1900-1910.
NotesH66929 U.S. Copyright Office. Edward S. Curtis Collection. Curtis no. 1295-05.
SubjectsIndians of North America--Montana--1900-1910. Crow Indians--1900-1910.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan4,096 × 3,275 px · prints to 14 × 11 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-187366

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