A medicine pipe--Piegan – 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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Few images capture their era like this historic photograph of A medicine pipe--Piegan. Sourced directly from the Library of Congress, it represents an authentic piece of documented history.
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A medicine pipe--Piegan
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Here the focus is a medicine pipe held by a Piegan man named in the record as Broad Tail, which ties the portrait to a specific sitter rather than a generic type. The Piegan, today usually called the Piikani, are one of the Blackfoot-speaking peoples of the northern Plains, and their sacred pipes were cared for within particular families and ceremonies. Edward S. Curtis made the photograph around 1910 for his multi-volume project *The North American Indian*, where it appeared as plate 199 in volume six. Curtis often arranged sitters and objects for the camera, so the pipe and dress reflect his staging as much as everyday life.
| Created / published | c1910. |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 photographic print. |
| Genre | Portrait photographs 1910.Photographic prints 1910. |
| Notes | J139632 U.S. Copyright Office. Name on verso: Broad Tail. Edward S. Curtis Collection (Library of Congress). Curtis no. 3096-09. Published in: The North American Indian / Edward S. Curtis. [Seattle, Wash.] : Edward S. Curtis, 1907-30, v. 6, pl. 199. |
| Subjects | Broad Tail. Indians of North America--Clothing & dress--1910. Piegan Indians--Clothing & dress--1910. Calumets--1910. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 3,193 × 4,096 px · prints to 11 × 14 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-193804 |
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