Edward S. Curtis's The North American Indian

The North American Indian / Edward S. Curtis
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Volume 5: The Mandan. The Arikara. The Atsina

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Caption in Volume Copyright
for Image		 Image Size
(in cm)		 Plate Size
(in cm)		 Location in Volume
On the banks of the Missouri 1908 18.9 x 13.5 23 x 16 Frontispiece
Mandan earthen lodge 1908 13.9 x 18.6 18 x 21 Facing page 4
Crow's Heart (Mandan) 1908 18.7 x 10 23 x 13 Facing page 6
Cutting rushes (Mandan) 1908 13.6 x 18.7 18 x 22 Facing page 8
Mandan bull-boat 1908 13.8 x 18.6 18 x 21 Facing page 10
The bather (Mandan) 1908 18.7 x 10 23 x 13 Facing page 12
Buffalo-berry gatherers (Mandan) 1908 18.4 x 12.6 22 x 15 Facing page 14
Offering the buffalo-skull (Mandan) 1908 18.9 x 13.6 23 x 16 Facing page 16
Scattered Corn Woman (Mandan) 1908 18.4 x 12.7 23 x 15 Facing page 18
Record of custodians of a turtle-drum (Mandan) 1908 9 x 18.7 13 x 21 Facing page 21
Contents of bundle of Numak-Mahana (Mandan) 1908 17.4 x 13.5 21 x 16 Facing page 22
The sacred turtles (Mandan) 1908 12 x 18.6 17 x 21 Facing page 24
The turtles, with feather adornment (Mandan) 1908 13.6 x 18.6 18 x 21 Facing page 26
Numak-Mahana 1908 18.9 x 12 23 x 15 Facing page 28
Buffalo dance costume (Mandan) 1908 18.9 x 12 23 x 15 Facing page 30
Ready for Okipe buffalo dance (Mandan) 1908 18.4 x 12 23 x 15 Facing page 32
Packs Wolf As Numak-Mahana (Mandan) 1908 18.9 x 13.5 23 x 16 Facing page 34
Buffalo dancer (Mandan) 1908 18.6 x 13.5 23 x 16 Facing page 36
Mandan girl 1908 18.5 x 12.6 23 x 16 Facing page 40
In the medicine-lodge (Arikara) 1908 18.5 x 13.5 22 x 17 Facing page 60
Arikara maiden 1908 19 x 12 23 x 15 Facing page 62
Ground plan of Arikara medicine-lodge [blank] [blank] 22 x 16 Facing page 64
Arikara medicine-lodge 1908 12.8 x 18.3 17 x 21 Facing page 66
The altar (Arikara) 1908 13.5 x 18.6 18 x 21 Facing page 68
Contents of Arikara tribal medicine bundle 1908 9.9 x 18.8 14 x 21 Facing page 70
Arikara corn ceremony : bearing out the osiers 1908 12.7 x 18.4 17 x 21 Facing page 73
Arikara medicine ceremony : The bears 1908 13.9 x 18.7 18 x 21 Facing page 74
Medicine bundles (Arikara) 1908 13.6 x 18.5 18 x 21 Facing page 76
Arikara medicine ceremony : Bear, buffalo, and night men 1908 13.5 x 18.6 18 x 21 Facing page 78
Arikara medicine ceremony : The buffalo 1908 13.8 x 18.5 18 x 21 Facing page 80
Bringing in the cedar (Arikara) 1908 13.5 x 18.5 18 x 22 Facing page 82
Blessing the children (Arikara) 1908 13.5 x 18.6 18 x 21 Facing page 84
Arikara medicine ceremony : Night men dancing 1908 13.6 x 18.6 18 x 21 Facing page 86
At the water's edge 1908 18.7 x 13.6 23 x 17 Facing page 88
The bear emerges (Arikara) 1908 13.8 x 18.5 18 x 21 Facing page 90
Arikara medicine ceremony : The buffalo dancing 1908 12.8 x 18.3 17 x 21 Facing page 92
The brush-gatherers (Arikara) 1908 13.5 x 18.5 18 x 21 Facing page 94
The buffalo-medicine (Arikara) 1908 13.7 x 18.7 18 x 21 Facing page 96
The bear-medicine (Arikara) 1908 13.9 x 18.6 18 x 21 Facing page 98
Prayer to the cedar (Arikara) 1908 18.5 x 13.6 23 x 17 Facing page 100
Atsina war-party 1908 13.9 x 18.6 18 x 22 Facing page 102
Atsina camp scene 1908 13.5 x 18.5 18 x 21 Facing page 104
Atsina scalp dance 1908 13.9 x 18.6 18 x 21 Facing page 106
Making a travois (Atsina) 1908 18.5 x 13.5 23 x 16 Facing page 108
A gathering war-party (Atsina) 1908 13.5 x 18.7 18 x 21 Facing page 110
Parfleches (Atsina) 1908 12 x 18.7 16 x 21 Facing page 112
Atsina fly dance 1908 15 x 18.7 19 x 21 Facing page 114
Atsina fly dance : "Robes outstretched" 1908 13.6 x 18.5 18 x 21 Facing page 116
Atsina crazy dance : A dancer kisses the grandfather 1908 18.5 x 12.6 23 x 16 Facing page 118
Atsina crazy dance : The flight of arrows 1908 13.5 x 18.6 18 x 21 Facing page 120
Atsina crazy dancers 1908 18.9 x 13.5 23 x 16 Facing page 122
Singing in the crazy dance (Atsina) 1908 13 x 18.3 17 x 21 Facing page 124
Incense (Atsina) 1908 12.6 x 18.3 17 x 21 Facing page 126
The pipe-bearer (Atsina) 1908 13.7 x 18.6 18 x 21 Facing page 128
Travaux (Atsina) 1908 18.6 x 13.6 23 x 17 Facing page 130
Beside the stream 1908 18.6 x 13.5 23 x 16 Facing page 132
The halt (Atsina) 1908 13.8 x 18.5 18 x 21 Facing page 134
Moving camp (Atsina) 1908 13.6 x 18.5 18 x 21 Facing page 136
Atsina burial 1908 13.8 x 18.6 18 x 21 Facing page 138
Travelling (Atsina) 1908 13.6 x 18.6 18 x 21 Facing page 140
Rattles of Arikara bear medicine-men 1908 13.6 x 14.4 17 x 17 Facing page 142
Dancing into the medicine-lodge (Arikara) 1908 12.4 x 18.4 16 x 21 Facing page 144
Keeper of a medicine bundle (Arikara) 1908 18.5 x 12 23 x 16 Facing page 146
Arikara woman 1908 18.6 x 12 23 x 15 Facing page 148
Arikara summer home 1908 13.6 x 18.5 17 x 21 Facing page 150
Camp gossips (Arikara) 1908 18.7 x 13.6 23 x 16 Facing page 152
Atsina burial-ground 1908 13.8 x 18.6 18 x 21 Facing page 154
Singing to the cedar (Arikara) 1908 13 x 18.4 17 x 21 Facing page 170
Atsina maiden 1908 18.8 x 9.9 23 x 13 Facing page 172
Curly Head (Atsina) 1908 18.6 x 12 23 x 15 Facing page 174
Three White Cows (Atsina) 1908 18.5 x 13.5 23 x 16 Facing page 176
Red Star (Arikara) 1908 18.6 x 13.5 23 x 16 Facing page 178
Crow Ghost (Arikara) 1908 18.7 x 12 23 x 15 Facing page 180
Cuts Tether (Atsina) 1908 18.5 x 12 23 x 15 Facing page 182
Running Fisher (Atsina) 1908 18.7 x 9.9 23 x 13 Facing page 184
White and Yellow Cow (Atsina) 1908 18.7 x 12 23 x 15 Facing page 186
List of Illustrations [blank] [blank] 32 x 24 Page vii
List of Illustrations [blank] [blank] 32 x 24 Page viii
List of Illustrations [blank] [blank] 32 x 24 Page ix

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