PCT4263870: Iron Brest, Piegan. Costume of a member of the Bulls, a former society that has disappeared for many years Photo from volume 6 of the encyclopedia published by Edward S. Curtis (1868-1952) on the Indians of North America, with a foreword by Theodore Roosevelt. Between 1907 and 1930, 20 volumes were published., Curtis, Edward Sheriff (1868-1952) / Bridgeman Images
PCT4263868: New Chest, Indian Piegan. Photo taken from volume 6 of the encyclopedia published by Edward S. Curtis (1868-1952) on the Indians of North America, with a foreword by Theodore Roosevelt. Between 1907 and 1930, 20 volumes were published., Curtis, Edward Sheriff (1868-1952) / Bridgeman Images
PCT4263775: Wishham girl. This girl is dressed in a heavy suede dress adorned with pearls. The indispensable ornamental attribute of a well-born person was the dental shell in the nasal septum. The headdress is made of shells, shells and junk beads as well as Chinese coins. This type of headdress was worn on special occasions by puberous and not yet married girls. Photo taken from volume 8 of the encyclopedia published by Edward S. Curtis (1868-1952) on the Indians of North America, with a foreword by Theodore Roosevelt. Between 1907 and 1930, 20 volumes were published., Curtis, Edward Sheriff (1868-1952) / Bridgeman Images
PCT4263832: Sioux chiefs. Very often, two or three men formed a war troop and left for weeks or months. Sometimes they'd come back with scalps, horses or women. Then, whatever its size, the war troop knew defeat and there was no survivor to tell the worried women and children the story of the disaster. Photo taken from volume 3 of Edward S. Curtis's encyclopedia (1868-1952) on North American Indians, with a foreword by Theodore Roosevelt. Between 1907 and 1930, 20 volumes were published., Curtis, Edward Sheriff (1868-1952) / Bridgeman Images