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Images from the Edward Curtis Collection at the Arizona Capitol Museum
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    • Maricopa Girl, Portfolio 2, Plate 65

    • Maricopa Girl, Portfolio 2, Plate 65

    • Curtis, Edward S., 1868-1952

    • Maricopa Indians

    • The young Maricopa women affect the Mexican more than the Indian dress; but they are by no means unpicturesque in their garb of many colors as they gracefully bear their burden on their heads.
    • Cañon del Muerto - Navaho, Portfolio 1, Plate 29

    • Cañon del Muerto - Navaho, Portfolio 1, Plate 29

    • Curtis, Edward S., 1868-1952

    • Navajo Indians

    • This "Cañon of the Dead" is a branch of Cañon de Chelly, deriving its name from having been the scene of the massacre of a band of Navaho by a troop of Mexican soldiers.
    • Sigesh - Apache, Portfolio 1, Plate 6

    • Sigesh - Apache, Portfolio 1, Plate 6

    • Curtis, Edward S., 1868-1952

    • Apache Indians

    • This illustrates the girls' method of tying the hair previous to marriage. The ornament fastened to the hair in the back is made of leather, broad and round at the ends and narrow in the middle.
    • The Burden Bearer - Pima, Portfolio 2, Plate 43

    • The Burden Bearer - Pima, Portfolio 2, Plate 43

    • Curtis, Edward S., 1868-1952

    • Pima Indians

    • This illustration shows the typical burden basket of the several Piman tribes of southern Arizona, called kiho in the Piman language. Their mythology relates that once the kiho was an animate being, but owing to disobedience of divine laws when the...
    • The Apache, Portfolio 1, Plate 7

    • The Apache, Portfolio 1, Plate 7

    • Curtis, Edward S., 1868-1952

    • Apache Indians

    • This picture might be titled "Life Primeval." It is the Apache as we would mentally picture him in the time of the Stone Age. It was made at a spot on Black river, Arizona, where the dark, still pool breaks into the laugh of a rapids.
    • Jicarilla Maiden, Portfolio 1, Plate 22

    • Jicarilla Maiden, Portfolio 1, Plate 22

    • Curtis, Edward S., 1868-1952

    • Jicarilla Indians

    • This pictures exceedingly well the typical Jicarilla women's dress: a cape of deerskin, beaded, a broad belt of black leather, a deerskin skirt, and the hair fastened at each side of the head with a large knot of yarn or cloth.
    • Geronimo - Apache, Portfolio 1, Plate 2

    • Geronimo - Apache, Portfolio 1, Plate 2

    • Curtis, Edward S., 1868-1952

    • Apache Indians

    • This portrait of the historical old Apache was made in March, 1905. According to Geronimo's calculation he was at the time seventy-six years of age, thus making the year of his birth 1829. The picture was taken at Carlisle, Pennsylvania, the day...
    • Tonovige - Havasupai, Portfolio 2, Plate 74

    • Tonovige - Havasupai, Portfolio 2, Plate 74

    • Curtis, Edward S., 1868-1952

    • Havasupai Indians

    • This portrait was made in winter while a party of Havasupai were encamped in the high country above their cañon home. As a snowstorm was raging at the time, the woman's hair became dotted with flakes, as the picture reveals.
    • Jicarilla Women, Portfolio 1, Plate 25

    • Jicarilla Women, Portfolio 1, Plate 25

    • Curtis, Edward S., 1868-1952

    • Jicarilla Indians

    • Women watching the races on their annual ceremonial or feast day. It will be observed that they are all dressed uniformly in garments cut after the primitive mode.

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