An Acoma woman – 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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An Acoma woman 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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An Acoma woman
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Acoma Pueblo, a village on a mesa in west-central New Mexico, sets this portrait apart from the many Curtis images of Native sitters, and the record highlights the woman's clothing and jewelry. Edward S. Curtis made the photograph around 1905 for *The North American Indian*, where it appears as plate 572 in a supplement volume. Curtis often posed his subjects in traditional dress, hoping to preserve what he saw as disappearing customs, so the picture documents Acoma adornment as much as it portrays an individual. Acoma is among the oldest continuously inhabited communities in the United States.
| Created / published | c1905. |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 photographic print. |
| Genre | Portrait photographs 1900-1910.Photographic prints 1900-1910. |
| Notes | Curtis no. 192-04. LC no. 47. 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. 16, pl. 572. |
| Subjects | Indians of North America--Clothing & dress--1900-1910. Indians of North America--Women--1900-1910. Acoma Indians--Clothing & dress--1900-1910. Acoma Indians--Women--1900-1910. Jewelry--1900-1910. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 3,752 × 4,667 px · prints to 13 × 16 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-222209 |
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