Nesjaja Hatali - Navaho – Antique 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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This historic photograph of Nesjaja Hatali - Navaho brings a moment of history to your wall. An authentic image from the Library of Congress, it carries the weight of the real historical record.
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Nesjaja Hatali - Navaho
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Nesjaja Hatali, identified in the record as a Navajo shaman, is the sitter, which sets this portrait apart from Curtis's more general views of Navajo life. Edward S. Curtis made the photograph around 1904, early in his long project to document Indigenous peoples of North America. It was later reproduced as plate 31 in a supplement to *The North American Indian*, the multivolume work Curtis published in Seattle between 1907 and 1930. Curtis's portraits of this period were often posed and carefully lit, so it is worth looking closely at the setting, the clothing and the sitter's expression.
| Created / published | c1904. |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 photographic print. |
| Genre | Portrait photographs 1900-1910.Photographic prints 1900-1910. |
| Notes | LC no. 75. Copyright by Edward 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. 1, pl. 31. |
| Subjects | Nesjaja Hatali. Indians of North America--1900-1910. Navajo Indians--1900-1910. Shamans--1900-1910. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 3,757 × 4,657 px · prints to 13 × 16 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-222274 |
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