Yo Shona – 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 Yo Shona. The original is held by the Library of Congress, so what you hang is a true record of its time.
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Edward S. Curtis made this portrait of a man identified only as Yo Shona, posed with a painted shield, one of the objects he most often placed beside his subjects. Curtis photographed Native American people across the West and Northwest from the 1890s into the 1930s, working toward his multivolume survey *The North American Indian*. Many of his images were staged with regalia, weapons, and ceremonial items he selected himself, so they show a deliberately composed vision of traditional life rather than a candid moment. Viewers today often read the shield and posing as evidence of how a photographer's choices shaped the record of Native lives.
| Created / published | c1903. |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 photographic print. |
| Genre | Portrait photographs 1900-1910.Photographic prints 1900-1910. |
| Notes | Curtis no. 119. LC no. 30. Copyright by E. S. Curtis. Forms part of: Edward S. Curtis Collection (Library of Congress). |
| Subjects | Yo Shona. Indians of North America--1900-1910. Shields--1900-1910. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 3,752 × 4,687 px · prints to 13 × 16 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-222196 |
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