Crow Collection (#4)

Overlooking the Little Horn, 1908. Creator: Edward Sheriff Curtis
Overlooking the Little Horn, 1908. Photograph shows five Crow Indians, Wolf, Fish Shows (wearing headdress), Which Way, Lone Tree, and Two Whistles on horseback carrying staffs

The Crow Likes Water, 1905. Creator: Edward Sheriff Curtis
The Crow Likes Water, 1905. Photograph shows The Crow Likes Water, head-and-shoulders portrait, profile facing left

Plain Owl, 1908. Creator: Edward Sheriff Curtis
Plain Owl, 1908. Photograph shows head-and-shoulders portrait of Plain Owl, wearing headdress, traditional clothing, and beaded gauntlets, holding staff, seated, facing front

Apsaroke War Group, c1905. Creator: Edward Sheriff Curtis
Apsaroke War Group, c1905. Print shows three Crow Indians, Uphaw, Which Way, and Packs The Hat, on horseback

The Outlook, c1905. Creator: Edward Sheriff Curtis
The Outlook, c1905. Packs The Hat and Which Way, two Crow Indians on horseback, Montana

Scout That Returns, 1908. Creator: Edward Sheriff Curtis
Scout That Returns, 1908. Photograph shows head-and-shoulders portrait of Scout That Returns, wearing traditional clothing and beaded gauntlets, seated, facing front

Old Tail, 1908. Creator: Edward Sheriff Curtis
Old Tail, 1908. Photograph shows head-and-shoulders portrait of Old Tail, wearing headdress and traditional clothing, seated, facing left

Two Leggings, c1908. Creator: Edward Sheriff Curtis
Two Leggings, c1908. Head-and-shoulders portrait of Crow man

Wife of Old Crow - Cheyenne, c1927. Creator: Edward Sheriff Curtis
Wife of Old Crow - Cheyenne, c1927. Cheyenne woman, half-length portrait, facing front

Two Leggings, 1908. Creator: Edward Sheriff Curtis
Two Leggings, 1908. Photograph shows head-and-shoulders portrait of Two Leggings, seated, holding stick, facing right

Council of War, c1908. Creator: Edward Sheriff Curtis
Council of War, c1908. Six Crow Indians in full regalia, on horseback, Montana. Sitting Elk, Medicine Crow, Fish Shows, Wolf, Two Whistles

Strike On his Head, Crow Indian, Montana, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing front, loose forelock, braids, beaded buckskin shirt, beads and two large shell disks around neck, c1908

Runs Between, 1908. Creator: Edward Sheriff Curtis
Runs Between, 1908. Photograph shows head-and-shoulders portrait of Runs Between, wearing headdress, traditional clothing, beaded gauntlets and braids, seated, facing right

White Man Runs Him, 1908. Creator: Edward Sheriff Curtis
White Man Runs Him, 1908. Photograph shows head-and-shoulders portrait of White Man Runs Him, wearing fur hat with buffalo horns, dressed in traditional clothing, seated, facing front

Tsaassi-Mis-salla ("Crow with Necklace")-Sarsi, c1927. Creator: Edward Sheriff Curtis
Tsaassi-Mis-salla ("Crow with Necklace")-Sarsi, c1927. Tsaassi-Mis-salla ("Crow with Necklace"), Sarsi man, bust portrait, facing front

Tries His Knee, c1908. Creator: Edward Sheriff Curtis
Tries His Knee, c1908. Half-length portrait of Crow Man

Red Wing-Apsaroke, c1908. Creator: Edward Sheriff Curtis
Red Wing-Apsaroke, c1908. Crow Indian, Montana, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing slightly right, streaks of white paint on cheeks and hair

White Man Runs Him, Apsaroke, c1908. Creator: Edward Sheriff Curtis
White Man Runs Him, Apsaroke, c1908. Portrait, man, head-and-shoulders, facing front, feather headress, shell concho and shell beads around neck

Swallow Bird, Crow Indian, Montana, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing front, painted... c1908
Swallow Bird, Crow Indian, Montana, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing front, painted pompadour, Apsaroke headdress, flannel shirt, beads on chest, studded pipe held in front of right arm, c1908

Strong Enemy, c1908. Creator: Edward Sheriff Curtis
Strong Enemy, c1908. Full-length portrait of Crow man and child

Medicine Crow-Apsaroke, c1908. Creator: Edward Sheriff Curtis
Medicine Crow-Apsaroke, c1908. Medicine Crow, Crow Indian, Montana, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing right, hawk hide headdress, two earrings in right ear, disc ornaments, shell beads

Lone Crow, 1908. Creator: Edward Sheriff Curtis
Lone Crow, 1908. Photograph shows head-and-shoulders portrait of Lone Crow, wearing headdress, traditional clothing, and seated, facing right

Lies Sideway, c1908. Creator: Edward Sheriff Curtis
Lies Sideway, c1908. Head-and-shoulders portrait of Crow man

Leads the Wolf, c1908. Creator: Edward Sheriff Curtis
Leads the Wolf, c1908. Head-and-shoulders portrait of Crow man

The chief and his staff, Apsaroke Indians, c1905. Creator: Edward Sheriff Curtis
The chief and his staff, Apsaroke Indians, c1905. Rear view of four Apsaroke Indians on horseback

Lone Tree, an Apsaroke Indian, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing right, c1908. Creator: Edward Sheriff Curtis
Lone Tree, an Apsaroke Indian, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing right, c1908

Offering the pipe, 1908. Creator: Edward Sheriff Curtis
Offering the pipe, 1908. Photograph shows woman offering a pipe to a tree

For strength and visions-Apsaroke, c1908. Creator: Edward Sheriff Curtis
For strength and visions-Apsaroke, c1908. Photograph shows an Apsaroke man, leaning back slightly, with strips of leather attached to his chest and tethered to a pole secured by rocks

The scout in winter-Apsaroke, c1908. Creator: Edward Sheriff Curtis
The scout in winter-Apsaroke, c1908. Apsaroke man on horseback on snow-covered ground, probably in Pryor Mountains, Montana

The river camp, c1905. Creator: Edward Sheriff Curtis
The river camp, c1905. Crow man with two children and woman(?) at river's edge; tipi, surrounded by trees and mountains

The spirit of the past-Apsaroke, c1908. Creator: Edward Sheriff Curtis
The spirit of the past-Apsaroke, c1908. Four Crow men on horseback holding feathered spears

On the hilltop, c1908. Creator: Edward Sheriff Curtis
On the hilltop, c1908. Eight Crow Indians on horseback, silhouetted on top of hill, man second from left is pointing, Montana

The drink, c1905. Creator: Edward Sheriff Curtis
The drink, c1905. Crow Indian kneeling beside water gazing at his reflection

Watching the signal, c1905. Creator: Edward Sheriff Curtis
Watching the signal, c1905. Three Crow Indians, one sitting, two standing, facing left

Old White Man, c1908. Creator: Edward Sheriff Curtis
Old White Man, c1908. Head-and-shoulders portrait of Crow man

Which Way, c1905. Creator: Edward Sheriff Curtis
Which Way, c1905. Crow Indian, half-length portrait, facing front, wearing headdress and several necklaces

Crow Chief's Daughter, c1910. Creator: Edward Sheriff Curtis
Crow Chief's Daughter, c1910. Piegan girl standing in doorway of tepee, wearing beaded buckskin dress, Montana

A smoke, c1905. Creator: Edward Sheriff Curtis
A smoke, c1905. Two Crow Indians in Montana, sitting on the ground, one is smoking a pipe

Pack horse [i.e. packhorse]-Apsaroke, c1908. Creator: Edward Sheriff Curtis
Pack horse [i.e. packhorse]-Apsaroke, c1908. Apsaroke woman on horseback, packhorse beside her

The winter camp-Apsaroke, c1908. Creator: Edward Sheriff Curtis
The winter camp-Apsaroke, c1908. Two Apsaroke people on horseback outside a tipi in a thicket of trees; snow covering area

Sitting Eagle, c1905. Creator: Edward Sheriff Curtis
Sitting Eagle, c1905. Head-and-shoulders portrait of Crow man

Absoraks, c1905. Creator: Edward Sheriff Curtis
Absoraks, c1905. Rear view of four Crow Indians, including Shot in the Hand and Bull Chief, on horseback, Montana

Crow child, 1908. Creator: Edward Sheriff Curtis
Crow child, 1908. Photograph shows little girl, wearing traditonal dress, standing againt rock

The Dancer, Crow Indian, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing right, c1905. Creator: Edward Sheriff Curtis
The Dancer, Crow Indian, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing right, c1905

The war party, 1905. Creator: Edward Sheriff Curtis
The war party, 1905. Photograph shows a group of Crow Indians on horseback. Chief, in middle, wearing headdress

A quiet smoke-Hopi, c1907. Creator: Edward Sheriff Curtis
A quiet smoke-Hopi, c1907. Hopi man sitting on ground smoking, with hoe propped on his left knee

The Talk, c1905. Creator: Edward Sheriff Curtis
The Talk, c1905. Three Crow men, seated in rocky area with low growing shrubs, their horses rest nearby

One Blue Bead, c1908. Creator: Edward Sheriff Curtis
One Blue Bead, c1908. One Blue Bead, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing front

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