EDWARD S. CURTIS. Plate 188 In a Piegan Lodge, 1911. 11.75x15.5" photogravure on 18x22" Japan Vellum. Print date 1911. From Portfolio 6, Piegan and Cheyenne, of The North American Indian. Printed on plate recto: Plate 188/ In a Piegan Lodge /From Copyright Photograph 1910 by E.S. Curtis/Photogravure John Andrew & Son.

Curtis wrote about this: "Little Plume with his son Yellow Kidney occupies the position of honor, the space at the rear opposite the entrance. The picture is full of suggestion of the various Indian activities. In a prominent place lie the ever-present pipe and its accessories on the tobacco cutting-board. From the lodge-poles hang the buffalo-skin shield, the long medicine-bundle, an eagle-wing fan, and deerskin articles for accoutering the horse. The upper end of the rope is attached to the intersection of the lodge-poles, and in stormy weather the lower end is made fast to a stake near the centre of the floor space."

This photograph is notable in critical literature about Curtis for the editing. Originally an alarm clock was sitting between the two subjects, but Curtis edited it out as his vision was to present the Indian before the White Man came.

Excellent. Minor Wear.