Plait Collection (#4)

Lucille [B], c1907. Creator: Edward Sheriff Curtis
Lucille [B], c1907. Photograph shows Lucille, a Native woman, half-length portrait, standing next to tree, facing front, wearing a headband and seashell decorated buckskin dress

Kó-pi ("Buffalo Mountain")-San Juan, c1905. Creator: Edward Sheriff Curtis
Ko-pi ("Buffalo Mountain")-San Juan, c1905. Ko-pi, a Tewa man, half-length portrait, facing front, holding shield

Kashhila-Wishham. Male Chinookan Indian, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing front... c1910
Kashhila-Wishham. Male Chinookan Indian, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing front, with pompadour, fur wrapped braids, bead choker around neck, beaded buckskin shirt, fur sash over left shoulder

Holiday trappings, c1910. Creator: Edward Sheriff Curtis
Holiday trappings, c1910. Cayuse woman on horseback, wearing beaded buckskin dress; horse has long fringe and beaded trappings, Oregon

Nez Percé matron, c1910. Creator: Edward Sheriff Curtis
Nez Perce matron, c1910

Cheyenne young woman, c1910. Creator: Edward Sheriff Curtis
Cheyenne young woman, c1910. Head-and-shoulders portrait of Cheyenne woman

Cayuse woman, half-length portrait, standing, facing front, braids, shell disk earrings... c1910
Cayuse woman, half-length portrait, standing, facing front, braids, shell disk earrings, shell bead choker and shell beads around neck, beaded buckskin dress with beaded belt, c1910

Hard Wood, 1905. Creator: Edward Sheriff Curtis
Hard Wood, 1905. Photograph shows Hard Wood, wearing traditional clothing, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing front

Wishham woman, c1910. Creator: Edward Sheriff Curtis
Wishham woman, c1910. Chinookan Indians: Tlakluit; Washington. Landscape, portrait, woman, full length, facing right, standing, wearing beaded buckskin dress

Lawyer-Nez Percé, c1905. Creator: Edward Sheriff Curtis
Lawyer-Nez Perce, c1905. Head-and-shoulders portrait profile of Nez Perce man

Arikara woman, 1908, c1908. Creator: Edward Sheriff Curtis
Arikara woman, 1908, c1908. Half-length portrait, facing front

Pounding fish-Wishram, c1910. Creator: Edward Sheriff Curtis
Pounding fish-Wishram, c1910. Tlakluit woman seated with mortar and pestle

Bird Rattle, 1909, c1910. Creator: Edward Sheriff Curtis
Bird Rattle, 1909, c1910. Half-length portrait of Indian man, facing front, wearing beaded buckskin shirt, one feather, and loop necklace

Jicarilla man, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing slightly right, with fur wrapped braids, neckerchief, dark cotton shirt, and blanket over right shoulder, c1905

Cheyenne girl, c1905. Creator: Edward Sheriff Curtis
Cheyenne girl, c1905. Cheyenne girl, half-length portrait, facing front

The Grizzly Bear, Piegan, half-length portrait, facing front, c1910. Creator: Edward Sheriff Curtis
The Grizzly Bear, Piegan, half-length portrait, facing front, c1910

Cheyenne matron, 1905. Creator: Edward Sheriff Curtis
Cheyenne matron, 1905. Photograph shows half-length portrait of Cheyenne woman with braids, wearing pearl necklace and traditional dress, seated, facing right

Quilcene boy, 1912, c1913. Creator: Edward Sheriff Curtis
Quilcene boy, 1912, c1913. Head-and-shoulders portrait of child

Umatilla child, c1910. Creator: Edward Sheriff Curtis
Umatilla child, c1910. Umatilla girl, full-length portrait, facing front, seated on ground by pine tree, wearing beaded blanket dress, beaded moccasins, holding beaded bag in lap

Umatilla maiden, c1910. Creator: Edward Sheriff Curtis
Umatilla maiden, c1910. Umatilla woman, half-length portrait, facing front, standing in front of tree, wearing beaded buckskin dress, shell bead necklaces, shell disk earrings, and woven grass hat

Out of the forests depths stepped an Indian maiden, c1905. Creator: Edward Sheriff Curtis
Out of the forests depths stepped an Indian maiden, c1905. Nespelim woman standing at water's edge

A typical Nez Percé, c1910. Creator: Edward Sheriff Curtis
A typical Nez Perce, c1910. Head-and-shoulders portrait of Nez Perce man in full feather headdress, braided hair, and necklaces

Achomawi mother and child, c1923. Creator: Edward Sheriff Curtis
Achomawi mother and child, c1923

Cheyenne girl, 1910. Creator: Edward Sheriff Curtis
Cheyenne girl, 1910. Photograph shows half-length portrait of Cheyenne girl with braids, wearing cowrie shell dress, seated, facing front

Touch her dress-Kalispel, c1910. Creator: Edward Sheriff Curtis
Touch her dress-Kalispel, c1910. Kalispel girl sitting on her knees, hands folded in lap

Wishham bride, c1910. Creator: Edward Sheriff Curtis
Wishham bride, c1910. Tlakluit bride, half-length portrait, facing slightly right, wearing braids, beaded headdress with Chinese coins, dentalium shell earrings, beaded buckskin dress

Wife of Weasel Head-Piegan, c1910. Creator: Edward Sheriff Curtis
Wife of Weasel Head-Piegan, c1910. Piegan woman, half-length portrait, facing right

Sioux maiden, c1908. Creator: Edward Sheriff Curtis
Sioux maiden, c1908. Portrait, full length, standing by tree, beaded headband, beaded buckskin dress

Esipermi-Comanche, c1927. Creator: Edward Sheriff Curtis
Esipermi-Comanche, c1927. American Indian man, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing right

Nez Percé with furcap, c1904. Creator: Edward Sheriff Curtis
Nez Perce with furcap, c1904. Head-and-shoulders portrait of a Nez Perce man, facing front

Henry-Wichita, c1927. Creator: Edward Sheriff Curtis
Henry-Wichita, c1927. Henry, a Wichita Indian man, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing slightly left, looking down

Two Whistles [A]-Apsaroke, c1908. Creator: Edward Sheriff Curtis
Two Whistles [A]-Apsaroke, c1908. Photograph shows Two Whistles, an Apsaroke man, head-and-shoulders portrait, right profile, face painted, wearing medicine hawk headdress, buckskin shirt

A Cheyenne Peyote leader, c1927. Creator: Edward Sheriff Curtis
A Cheyenne Peyote leader, c1927. Man, three-quarter length, seated, facing left

A Jicarilla man, c1904. Creator: Edward Sheriff Curtis
A Jicarilla man, c1904. Head-and-shoulders portrait of a Jicarilla man

The Cheyenne Belle, c1904. Creator: Edward Sheriff Curtis
The Cheyenne Belle, c1904. Half lenghth portrait of a Cheyenne woman, right profile

Bear Black, c1905. Creator: Edward Sheriff Curtis
Bear Black, c1905. Bear Black, Cheyenne man, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing right

Cheyenne male, facing front, hair in wrapped braids, blanket around shoulders, c1910. Creator: Edward Sheriff Curtis
Cheyenne male, facing front, hair in wrapped braids, blanket around shoulders, c1910

Cheyenne profile, c1910. Creator: Edward Sheriff Curtis
Cheyenne profile, c1910

Bear Claw, 1908. Creator: Edward Sheriff Curtis
Bear Claw, 1908. Photograph shows head-and-shoulders portrait of Bear Claw, seated, facing left

Eagle Child-Atsina, c1908. Creator: Edward Sheriff Curtis
Eagle Child-Atsina, c1908. Eagle Child, Atsina man, half-length portrait, facing front

Day Woman, c1907. Creator: Edward Sheriff Curtis
Day Woman, c1907. Head-and-Shoulders portrait of Dakota woman

Young woman, late 19th cent - early 20th cent. Creator: Unknown
Young woman, late 19th cent - early 20th cent. This collection of photographs and documents from the private archive of Sergei Mikhailovich Chashchin relates to the establishment of a firefighting

Gilyak merchant, 1865-1871. Creator: VV Lanin
Gilyak merchant, 1865-1871. This album contains 154 photographs taken in the second half of the 1860s and 1870s by a local photographer from the Far East, V. V. Lanin. The merchant V. P

Heavy Shield, c1900. Creator: Edward Sheriff Curtis
Heavy Shield, c1900. Half length portrait of a Native man

Agichida, Assiniboin, c1927. Creator: Edward Sheriff Curtis
Agichida, Assiniboin, c1927. Photograph shows Agichida, an Assiniboine Indian, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing left

Good Stab, 1910. Creator: Edward Sheriff Curtis
Good Stab, 1910. Photograph shows Good Stab, with braided hair, wearing traditional clothing, sitting in grassy area

Dusty Dress, c1910. Creator: Edward Sheriff Curtis
Dusty Dress, c1910. Kalispel Indian woman, half-length portrait, facing front, seated, wrapped braids, white stripes painted on hair, shell disk earrings

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

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"From Pop Star to Engraving: Exploring the Many Faces of 'Plait'" Pop star Boy George of Culture Club group. Pictured after the group moved into 15th spot: Boy George, known for his iconic plaited hairstyles, strikes a pose after Culture Club's rise in popularity. Reading in a Field: Lost in a captivating book, her hair gently cascades down her back in intricate plaits. Isabella of Portugal (1503-1539). Engraving. Colored: A stunning colored engraving depicts Isabella of Portugal with an elegant plait adorning her regal attire. Chung Ling Soo (real name William Robinson): Chung Ling Soo mesmerizes audiences with his magic tricks while sporting a neatly braided plait as part of his mysterious persona. Hinmatoowyalahtq it (Chief Joseph), 1879. Creator: Charles Milton Bell: In this powerful portrait, Chief Joseph wears traditional Native American braids that symbolize strength and heritage. Lise Cristiani / Mettais: Circus performer Lise Cristiani captivates spectators with her aerial acrobatics, showcasing an elaborate plaited hairstyle that defies gravity. Resemblance of animals and their owners: An amusing collection captures the uncanny resemblance between pets and their owners, including one duo sporting matching plaits. An Arapahoe Boy, c. 1882. Creator: George de Forest Brush The young Arapahoe boy proudly displays his cultural identity through carefully woven plaits adorned with feathers and beads. Profile of a Young Fiancee (Chalk, pen, ink and wash tint on vellum): A delicate profile drawing showcases the elegance of a young bride-to-be wearing an intricately styled bridal plait as she awaits her wedding day.