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ARC 1176.179, Preparing the sweat

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BIB_ID
220313
Accession number
ARC 1176.179
Creator
Edward S. Curtis
Creator date
1868–1952
Object title
Preparing the sweat
Summary
A group seated on the ground attend to a ritual (Diné/Navajo).
Created
ca. 1910
Printed/Manufactured
United States, ca. 1910
In note
Edward S. Curtis lantern slides, 1898-1926.
Place
United States, manufacture place.
Description
1 lantern slide : photograph on glass, hand colored ; 3 1/4 x 4 inches (lantern slide format)
Notes
Title from Library of Congress online catalog.
Image also available in the Library of Congress online catalog (viewed May 2021): Edward S. Curtis Collection (Library of Congress), LOT 12311, Library of Congress number 92506916; dated ©1905, Curtis negative no. 1054-04, title: Preparing the sweat, summary: Four Navajo Indians preparing hot embers, covering them with brush and weeds on second day of Yebichai ceremony.
Forms part of a collection of lantern slides by Curtis (ARC 1176).
Classification
Department