Flathead Mother
Artist
Edward Sheriff Curtis
(born Whitewater, Wisconsin, 1868; died Los Angeles, California, 1952)
Datecopyrighted 1910; published 1911
MediumPhotogravure on paper
DimensionsImage Overall: 7 1/4 × 5 1/8 in. (18.4 × 13 cm)
Paper size: 11 7/8 × 8 7/8 in. (30.2 × 22.5 cm)
Mat Overall (Needs to be replaced): 25 × 21 3/8 in. (63.5 × 54.3 cm)
Paper size: 11 7/8 × 8 7/8 in. (30.2 × 22.5 cm)
Mat Overall (Needs to be replaced): 25 × 21 3/8 in. (63.5 × 54.3 cm)
ClassificationsPhotograph
Credit LineGift of Alice and Paul Kaltinick
Object number2017.18.6
DescriptionImage of a Native American woman in a dress with shell decorations standing next to a tree with her baby in a cradleboard which stands next to her on her right. The cradleboard is decorated with a stylized leaf design. Half of a round painted object (shield?) can be seen hanging in the tree at upper left.On View
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