Quniaika--Mohave – Antique Print
(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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Quniaika--Mohave
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Quniaika, a Mohave woman, is the sitter in this portrait, which Edward S. Curtis made around 1903 and later published as plate 60 in the supplement to *The North American Indian*. Curtis worked among the Mohave along the Colorado River, and his portraits from this period aimed to record traditional dress and personal adornment before those practices changed further under pressure from American settlement. The record classes the picture under clothing and dress, so the viewer's attention naturally falls on the garments and ornaments, which Curtis documented as carefully as the face.
| Created / published | c1903. |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 photographic print. |
| Genre | Portrait photographs 1900-1910.Photographic prints 1900-1910. |
| Notes | Curtis no. 148. LC no. 44. Copyright by E.S. Curtis. 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. 2, pl. 60. |
| Subjects | Quniaika. Indians of North America--Clothing & dress--1900-1910. Mohave Indians--Clothing & dress--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-222193 |
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