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[Maricopa girl, half-length portrait, standing, facing slightly right, wrapped in blanket, with basket tray on head] – Historic Photograph Print

[Maricopa girl, half-length portrait, standing, facing slightly right, wrapped in blanket, with basket tray on head], c1907. — historic photograph
[Maricopa girl, half-length portrait, standing, facing slightly right, wrapped in blanket, with basket tray on head], c1907.. Historic photograph from the Historic Print Archive collection.

(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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A young Maricopa girl stands wrapped in a blanket with a woven basket tray balanced on her head, a pose that signals the everyday work of carrying goods and the basketry skill for which many Maricopa women were known. Edward S. Curtis made this portrait around 1907 as part of his ambitious effort to document Native peoples of North America through photographs, sound recordings, and written accounts. Curtis often arranged his subjects and their props, so the picture reflects his vision as much as daily life. Still, the basket and the blanket preserve details of material culture from the Gila River region of Arizona in the early twentieth century.

Created / publishedc1907.
Medium1 photographic print.
GenrePortrait photographs 1900-1910.Photographic prints 1900-1910.
NotesForms part of: Edward S. Curtis Collection (Library of Congress). Curtis no. 2189-07.
SubjectsIndians of North America--Children--1900-1910. Maricopa Indians--Children--1900-1910. Baskets--1900-1910.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan3,262 × 4,096 px · prints to 11 × 14 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-183480

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