The bather--Mandan – Historic Reproduction
(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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In this c1908 photograph, a Mandan bather is shown at the water's edge, one of the nude studies Edward S. Curtis made among the Mandan of North Dakota. Curtis included it in volume 5 of *The North American Indian*, where it appears on page 12. The Mandan had lived along the upper Missouri River for generations, but by this time they were on much-reduced land after decades of disruption. Curtis's posed scenes of Native life drew both admiration and criticism, and the print is worth viewing with its original book context in mind.
| Created / published | c1908 November 19. |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 photographic print. |
| Genre | Photographic prints 1900-1910. |
| Notes | H118551 U.S. Copyright Office. Curtis no. 2832-08. On verso: Bathing. 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, v. 5, p. 12. |
| Subjects | Indians of North America--North Dakota--1900-1910. Mandan Indians--1900-1910. Nudes--1900-1910. Bodies of water--North Dakota--1900-1910. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,177 × 1,536 px · prints to 4 × 5 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-123946 |
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