Sujet

The offering-San Ildefonso, c1927. Creator: Edward Sheriff Curtis.

Légende

The offering-San Ildefonso, c1927. Photograph shows a barechested Tewa man, standing high on a cliff, arms stretched before him as he sprinkles cornmeal as an offering at the start of a day, to the sun, or some other deity, or to mundane daily events.

Date

1927

Crédit

Photo12/Heritage Images/Heritage Art

Notre référence

HRM24A01_269

Model release

NA

Property release

NA

Licence

Droits gérés

Format disponible

44,5Mo (1,1Mo) / 28,9cm x 38,6cm / 3410 x 4559 (300dpi)

Mots clés

North America people male library man men offering religious desert religion science geology rock formation guy belief worship geological geography New Mexico color cliff cliffs photography prayer praying native Native American location century photograph spiritual worshipping concept photo North American twenties B&W full length one person pueblo American Indian full-length Library of Congress ethnology United States of America Colour black & white black and white B W 1920s white and black Santa Fe County 20th century anthropology Pueblo Indian San Ildefonso Tewa ethnography geographical feature TGN indigenous photograph landscape united states Edward Sheriff Curtis Curtis Edward Sheriff First Nation Congressional Library Photogravure Heritage Art Edward S. Curtis Curtis Edward S. in prayer First Nations photomechanical print mounted on gray-black board