MASKED DANCER COWICHAN Spectacular Copper Plate
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EDWARD S. CURTIS. Plate 326 Masked Dancer - Cowichan, 1905. 15.3x10.9" image on 17.6x12.7" copper plate. Plate date 1913. From Portfolio 9, Puget Sound Tribes, of The North American Indian. Engraved on plate recto: Plate 326 / Masked Dancer - Cowichan / From Copyright Photograph 1912 by E.S. Curtis / Photogravure John Andrew & Son.
One of Curtis's most compelling and dramatic photographs of Indian masked dancers.
Curtis wrote about this: "The dancer personates one of the mythic ancestors who descended from the sky. Note the huge, carved house-post at the right." In the copper plate negative, the carved post is to the left.
One of Curtis's most compelling and dramatic photographs of Indian masked dancers.
Curtis wrote about this: "The dancer personates one of the mythic ancestors who descended from the sky. Note the huge, carved house-post at the right." In the copper plate negative, the carved post is to the left.
Condition
Very Good. Minor scratches/dents and ink residue spots on plate surface.
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MASKED DANCER COWICHAN Spectacular Copper Plate
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