Hleánstŭnŭh - Skokomish
Artist
Edward S. Curtis
(American, 1868 - 1952)
Engraver
John Andrew & Son
(American (founded 1869))
Datecopyright 1912
Mediumphotogravure on paper
Dimensions22 1/2 × 17 7/8 inches (57.2 × 45.4 cm)
Other (Plate): 17 1/4 × 11 3/4 inches (43.8 × 29.8 cm)
Other (Plate): 17 1/4 × 11 3/4 inches (43.8 × 29.8 cm)
Credit LinePurchase of the Nelda C. and H.J. Lutcher Stark Foundation, 2013
Object number2013.2.9.7
ClassificationsPhotographs
Label TextThe Skokomish woman in this picture wears a woven blanket of plant fiber. In Volume Nine Curtis covered the Salishan tribes of the coast. The volume included the Chimakum and the Quilliute, as well as the Willapa. Curtis identified the Skokomish as a band of the Twana. They were a Salishan tribe. Curtis located them on “Annas bay and the watershed of the Skokomish river” in Washington State.
ProvenanceAcquired by subscription directly from the artist by the National Geographic Society, Washington, D.C.[1]; purchased December 6, 2012 through (Christies, New York, New York,[2]) by (Arader Galleries, New York, New York); purchased June 10, 2013 through (Arader Galleries, New York, New York) by the Nelda C. and H.J. Lutcher Stark Foundation; accessioned to the Stark Museum of Art | [1] This set was stored in the National Geographic Society’s archive housed in the Society’s Washington, D.C. headquarters. | [2] "The National Geographic Collection: The Art of Exploration," December 6, 2012, Christie’s, New York, Rockefeller Plaza, sale 2603, lot 65
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