Hastobiga, Navaho Medicine Man – Vintage Wall Art
(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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Hastobiga, Navaho Medicine Man comes to life in this historic photograph, reproduced from the original with every detail intact. Sourced directly from the Library of Congress, it represents an authentic piece of documented history.
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Hastobiga, Navaho Medicine Man
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Hastobiga, a Navajo medicine man, sits for this portrait made around 1904 by Edward S. Curtis, whose effort to document Native peoples across the American West produced the multivolume series *The North American Indian*. The photograph appeared as plate 35 in the supplementary first volume, part of a series issued from Seattle between 1907 and 1930. Curtis's portraits were carefully composed and often reflected his romantic view of traditions he believed were vanishing, so the posing and setting are worth noticing alongside the sitter's own presence.
| Created / published | c1904. |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 photographic print. |
| Genre | Portrait photographs 1900-1910.Photographic prints 1900-1910. |
| Notes | LC no. 5. 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. 1, pl. 35. |
| Subjects | Indians of North America--1900-1910. Navajo Indians--1900-1910. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 3,732 × 4,647 px · prints to 12 × 15 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-222182 |
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