"Tah It Way" Indian with Calumet Pipe, by E. S. Curtis, 5 x 7 " c1904
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"Tah It Way" Indian with Calumet Pipe, by E. S. Curtis, 5 x 7 " c1904. "TAH IT WAY" Indian Man. Taken: c1904. (From Illinois State Museum). The stem was decorated with the heads and necks of various birds and with large red and green feathers. Photographer: Renowned Edward S. Curtis. ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ "TAH IT WAY" Indian Man with Calumet Pipe ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ Thank you are looking at our photos! archivesgalore999 Photographer: Renowned Edward S. Curtis Taken: c1904 Photograph: 5 by 7 inch, no border More: Sepia toned, on beautiful glossy paper, not framed Our photos are printed at an independently owned Camera Photography company that has great ratings. Feel free to click the main photo to see its quality of the photo. We do Ebay sponsored tracking and USPS. We accept returns within 30 days. ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ More About the Illinois Nation and the "Calumet" ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ The calumet pipe was highly revered by the Illinois Nation. It could be used to end disputes, strengthen alliances, and ensure peaceful relationships with strangers. [Parts of a calumet pipe can be seen in the featured portrait.] The pipe's bowl was carved from a red stone, called Catlinite, which was attached to a wooden stem. The stem was decorated with the heads and necks of various birds and with large red and green feathers. The Calumet Dance was an important Illinois ceremony performed to strengthen peace with other tribes, to unite themselves for war, or at times of public celebration. Participants would form a circle around a large painted mat and the principal dancer would dance with the calumet, keeping time with the songs being sung. Then a drum would sound, beginning a mock battle between the calumet and an armed warrior. At the end of the dance, the chief would present the calumet to the honored guests as a token of everlasting peace. (From Illinois State Museum) ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ More About Edward S. Curtis (Photo at top) ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ He was born near White Water, Wisconsin, on February 16, 1868. His father as a minister and they lived in farm country. He was drawn to the emerging art of photography. As a teenager, he built his first camera from scratch. His family moved to the Washington Territory around 1887. After marrying, Curtis bought his first photographic studio. It was in Seattle; he paid for it with 150 (borrowed) dollars. It quickly became the place to have your picture taken. He later settled in Los Angeles, where he operated photographic studios at various times on La Cienega Boulevard and in the Biltmore Hotel. As a friend of Hollywood producer Cecil B. DeMille, Curtis was commissioned to make film stills of some of DeMille's epics, including The Ten Commandments . By the 1890's, Curtis started what turned into his dream--taking pictures of a vanishing race. He lived for awhile near Puget Sound and saw Native Americans nearby. They were digging for clams. And there he was with his camera. Then he visited tribal communities in Montana and Arizona and began in earnest to photograph many other Native Americans in the West, spending more time in the field and less time in his studio. He's best known today for his amazing photos of the dwindling Native American community. For over a thirty years he produced The North American Indian , a twenty-volume survey of more than one hundred tribes with supplementary Photogravure portfolios. At least two hundred sets were sold, each priced at the then, astronomical sum of three thousand to forty-five hundred dollars. In 1914 he also made a feature film, In the Land of the Head Hunters , based on the lives of the Kwakiutl, a Pacific Northwest Coast Native American tribe.
