EVB2929942: Ceremonial mask worn by a dancer portraying the hunter in Bella Bella mythology who killed the giant man-eating octopus, The dance was performed during Tluwulahu, a four day ceremony prior to the Winter Dance. Original title: 'Mask of the octopus hunter, Qagyuhl', photograph by Edward S. Curtis, November 13, 1914, Curtis, Edward Sheriff (1868-1952) / Bridgeman Images
PCT4263805: Two Leggings, Apsaroke, did about 1848. His visions did not give him great powers, and he was admitted to a secrete tobacco society by Bull Goes Hunting, who gave him his amulet made of a fossil or a coarsely sulptee stone in the form of a two-sided horse. Two Leggings thus became a great warlord. Photo taken from volume 4 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
PCT4263784: A dandy piegan. Around 1855, the young men began to make a parting in their hair from one temple to the other and to curl their back with a wand of a pre-heated rifle. Some made nates, others didn't. 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
PCT4263793: Crow Eagle, Piegan. In ancient times of traditional customs and laws, they were based on customs, especially in their social relations, and these constraints were largely part of their religion. A custom worthy of attention is the intensive use of the pipe. When they lit it, they made it touch earth and put it to heaven in a silent prayer to the spirits. Every significant act of their day was preceded by this rite. 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
PCT4263769: Passing the cliff, winter scene. Apsaroke Indians riding along a cliff in the snow on the Pryor River, Montana. Photo taken from volume 4 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
PCT4263786: The sheep-sheep hunter, Sioux. Mountain sheep, grazing in the most inaccessible parts of the Bad Lands, were sought only by the most daring hunters. 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
PCT4263787: Going to camp. An apsaroke Indian carrying wood in the snow, in a small winter camp near a creek in the Pryor Mountains, Montana. Photo taken from volume 4 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
PCT4263859: Apsaroke war group. The warrior on the right holds the curved stick of one of the tribal military organizations. This stick was planted in the ground at the decisive moment of the fight, like a banner behind which its wearer pledged not to retreat. Photo taken from volume 4 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