Title

The altar, c1910. Creator: Edward Sheriff Curtis.

Caption

The altar, c1910. Cheyenne altar inside tent, with buffalo skull on ground surrounded by boughs and sticks with feathers; additional sticks and feathers are lined up on both sides of pattern drawn on ground.

Date

1910

Credit line

Photo12/Heritage Images/Heritage Art

Reference

HRM24A01_245

Model release

NA

Property release

NA

License type

Rights managed

Available size

26,1Mb (1,4Mb) / 12,1in x 8,3in / 3643 x 2500 (300dpi)

Keywords

North America close up interior library science skull color feathers feather photography tribe tribal native Native American tent tents wigwam teepee location century stick inside photograph spiritual altar concept photo North American close-up closeup B&W American Indian tepee Library of Congress Cheyenne ethnology Colour Indoors black & white black and white B W white and black tipi 1910s 20th century anthropology ethnography Plains Indian indigenous photograph object Edward Sheriff Curtis Curtis Edward Sheriff tribal culture First Nation Congressional Library Heritage Art Edward S. Curtis Curtis Edward S. First Nations book illustration