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Performing ArchiveMain MenuVisualizing the “Vanishing Race”: the photogravures of Edward S. CurtisFront Page for Visualizing the "Vanishing Race" pathCurtis' Image and Life: The Network of The North American Indian, Inc.An experiment with data visualization approach to understand and contextualize Curtis' images and his lifeMedia, Technology and MediationsCurtis's Technology, Relationships to Media and StyleContextualizing Curtis, The North American Indian, and Racethe collection of essays from the contributorsConsulting with Tribes as Part of Archive DevelopmentIntroduction to Consulting with Tribes by Ulia GosartContributing ArchivesInformation on how to participate in Performing ArchiveBrowsing the MediaA path of paths that allow users to cut through the collection in a variety of ways.Acknowledgements and Project InformationProject NetworkJacqueline Wernimontbce78f60db1628727fc0b905ad2512506798cac8David J. Kim18723eee6e5a79c8d8823c02b7b02cb2319ee0f1Stephan Schonberg23744229577bdc62e9a8c09d3492541be754e1efAmy Borsukc533a79d33d48cbf428e1160c2edc0b38c50db19Beatrice Schustera02047525b31e94c1336b01e99d7f4f758870500Heather Blackmored0a2bf9f2053b3c0505d20108092251fc75010bfUlia Gosart (Popova)67c984897e6357dbeeac6a13141c0defe5ef3403
12018-03-16T21:13:13-07:00Erik Loyerf862727c4b34febd6a0341bffd27f168a35aa637Volume Twenty Illustrations and Portfolio ImagesErik Loyer1Media Galleriesstructured_gallery2018-03-16T21:13:13-07:00Erik Loyerf862727c4b34febd6a0341bffd27f168a35aa637
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12018-03-16T21:12:44-07:00Erik Loyerf862727c4b34febd6a0341bffd27f168a35aa637Nunivak children1Children and adults alike of the Nunivak group are healthy, as a rule, and exceptionally happy because they have been little affected by contact with civilization.plain2018-03-16T21:12:44-07:00Erik Loyerf862727c4b34febd6a0341bffd27f168a35aa637
12018-03-16T21:12:44-07:00Erik Loyerf862727c4b34febd6a0341bffd27f168a35aa637Reindeer - Nunivak1Formerly caribou were of great importance to the Nunivak Eskimo, both for food and for many utilitarian purposes; but they have been entirely superseded by the reindeer introduced to the island.plain2018-03-16T21:12:44-07:00Erik Loyerf862727c4b34febd6a0341bffd27f168a35aa637
12018-03-16T21:12:44-07:00Erik Loyerf862727c4b34febd6a0341bffd27f168a35aa637Boys in kaiak - Nunivak1Eskimo boys are trained in manly pursuits from their earliest years and are honored with feasts on taking their first game.plain2018-03-16T21:12:44-07:00Erik Loyerf862727c4b34febd6a0341bffd27f168a35aa637
12018-03-16T21:12:44-07:00Erik Loyerf862727c4b34febd6a0341bffd27f168a35aa637Kenowun - Nunivak1The nose-ring and labret of beads are typical.plain2018-03-16T21:12:44-07:00Erik Loyerf862727c4b34febd6a0341bffd27f168a35aa637
12018-03-16T21:12:44-07:00Erik Loyerf862727c4b34febd6a0341bffd27f168a35aa637Drummer - Nunivak1This tambourine-like instrument, its head made of walrus stomach or bladder, is used chiefly in the winter ceremonies. Such drums vary in diameter from a foot to five feet; the one illustrated measured three feet six inches. When beaten, the drum is held in position varying from horizontal to vertical. The drum-stick is a slender wand.plain2018-03-16T21:12:44-07:00Erik Loyerf862727c4b34febd6a0341bffd27f168a35aa637
12018-03-16T21:12:44-07:00Erik Loyerf862727c4b34febd6a0341bffd27f168a35aa637Ugiyaku - Nunivak1This contented young woman wears a nose-ring and a labret similar to those of the girl in Plate 691. Her waterproof hooded parka is made of intestinal parchment.plain2018-03-16T21:12:44-07:00Erik Loyerf862727c4b34febd6a0341bffd27f168a35aa637
12018-03-16T21:12:44-07:00Erik Loyerf862727c4b34febd6a0341bffd27f168a35aa637Woman and child - Nunivak1plain2018-03-16T21:12:44-07:00Erik Loyerf862727c4b34febd6a0341bffd27f168a35aa637
12018-03-16T21:12:44-07:00Erik Loyerf862727c4b34febd6a0341bffd27f168a35aa637Ready for sealing - Nunivak1The kaiak of this Nunivak sealer is fully equipped with the apparatus required for augmenting the family larder. Sealing is of prime importance to the people of Nunivak island, the seal being sought in spring and in fall during their northward and southward migrations respectively.plain2018-03-16T21:12:44-07:00Erik Loyerf862727c4b34febd6a0341bffd27f168a35aa637
12018-03-16T21:12:44-07:00Erik Loyerf862727c4b34febd6a0341bffd27f168a35aa637Uyowutcha - Nunivak1The effect of trade is shown in this and in other portraits by the buttons with which this child's cap is ornamented; otherwise the costume is quite aboriginal.plain2018-03-16T21:12:44-07:00Erik Loyerf862727c4b34febd6a0341bffd27f168a35aa637
12018-03-16T21:12:45-07:00Erik Loyerf862727c4b34febd6a0341bffd27f168a35aa637Ugiyaku - Nunivak1A portrait of the subject shown also in Plate 693, with a different and modified costume.plain2018-03-16T21:12:45-07:00Erik Loyerf862727c4b34febd6a0341bffd27f168a35aa637
12018-03-16T21:12:45-07:00Erik Loyerf862727c4b34febd6a0341bffd27f168a35aa637Hooper Bay youth1plain2018-03-16T21:12:45-07:00Erik Loyerf862727c4b34febd6a0341bffd27f168a35aa637
12018-03-16T21:12:45-07:00Erik Loyerf862727c4b34febd6a0341bffd27f168a35aa637Village - Hooper Bay1This settlement consists of dwellings dug and built into a hill with such little regard for order that the entrance to one may open on the roof of a house below.plain2018-03-16T21:12:45-07:00Erik Loyerf862727c4b34febd6a0341bffd27f168a35aa637
12018-03-16T21:12:45-07:00Erik Loyerf862727c4b34febd6a0341bffd27f168a35aa637King Island village from the sea1The King islanders occupy dwellings erected on stilts on the cliff side, giving their village an unusual and highly picturesque appearance.plain2018-03-16T21:12:45-07:00Erik Loyerf862727c4b34febd6a0341bffd27f168a35aa637
12018-03-16T21:12:45-07:00Erik Loyerf862727c4b34febd6a0341bffd27f168a35aa637King Island village1The settlement consists of only twenty-nine houses, built irregularly on seven terraces, the lowest about eighty or a hundred feet above sea-level.plain2018-03-16T21:12:45-07:00Erik Loyerf862727c4b34febd6a0341bffd27f168a35aa637
12018-03-16T21:12:45-07:00Erik Loyerf862727c4b34febd6a0341bffd27f168a35aa637King Island homes1plain2018-03-16T21:12:45-07:00Erik Loyerf862727c4b34febd6a0341bffd27f168a35aa637
12018-03-16T21:12:46-07:00Erik Loyerf862727c4b34febd6a0341bffd27f168a35aa637Qunaninru - King Island1plain2018-03-16T21:12:46-07:00Erik Loyerf862727c4b34febd6a0341bffd27f168a35aa637
12018-03-16T21:12:46-07:00Erik Loyerf862727c4b34febd6a0341bffd27f168a35aa637Launching the boat - Little Diomede Island1plain2018-03-16T21:12:46-07:00Erik Loyerf862727c4b34febd6a0341bffd27f168a35aa637
12018-03-16T21:12:46-07:00Erik Loyerf862727c4b34febd6a0341bffd27f168a35aa637Diomede boat crew, Asiatic shore in distance1The crew are putting out from their island home from which the Asiatic coast is readily visible.plain2018-03-16T21:12:46-07:00Erik Loyerf862727c4b34febd6a0341bffd27f168a35aa637
12018-03-16T21:12:46-07:00Erik Loyerf862727c4b34febd6a0341bffd27f168a35aa637Old stone house - Diomede Island1plain2018-03-16T21:12:46-07:00Erik Loyerf862727c4b34febd6a0341bffd27f168a35aa637
12018-03-16T21:12:46-07:00Erik Loyerf862727c4b34febd6a0341bffd27f168a35aa637Launching the whale boat - Cape Prince of Wales1The Eskimo of the Alaskan coast are expert whale-hunters, even with such seemingly flimsy skin craft as that shown here and in Plate 709.plain2018-03-16T21:12:46-07:00Erik Loyerf862727c4b34febd6a0341bffd27f168a35aa637
12018-03-16T21:12:46-07:00Erik Loyerf862727c4b34febd6a0341bffd27f168a35aa637Cape Prince of Wales man1plain2018-03-16T21:12:47-07:00Erik Loyerf862727c4b34febd6a0341bffd27f168a35aa637
12018-03-16T21:12:47-07:00Erik Loyerf862727c4b34febd6a0341bffd27f168a35aa637Whaling crew - Cape Prince of Wales1plain2018-03-16T21:12:47-07:00Erik Loyerf862727c4b34febd6a0341bffd27f168a35aa637
12018-03-16T21:12:47-07:00Erik Loyerf862727c4b34febd6a0341bffd27f168a35aa637A Kotzebue man1Although commercial cloth has displaced the native skin garments to some extent, the old-style tailoring is adhered to.plain2018-03-16T21:12:47-07:00Erik Loyerf862727c4b34febd6a0341bffd27f168a35aa637
12018-03-16T21:12:47-07:00Erik Loyerf862727c4b34febd6a0341bffd27f168a35aa637Foggy day - Kotzebue1plain2018-03-16T21:12:47-07:00Erik Loyerf862727c4b34febd6a0341bffd27f168a35aa637
12018-03-16T21:12:47-07:00Erik Loyerf862727c4b34febd6a0341bffd27f168a35aa637Starting up the Noatak River - Kotzebue1Although it has become reduced in recent times, the Kotzebue people still carry on a brisk trade with the Eskimo of the mainland and islands, as well as with those of the Siberian coast.plain2018-03-16T21:12:47-07:00Erik Loyerf862727c4b34febd6a0341bffd27f168a35aa637
12018-03-16T21:12:47-07:00Erik Loyerf862727c4b34febd6a0341bffd27f168a35aa637Jackson, interpreter at Kotzebue1plain2018-03-16T21:12:47-07:00Erik Loyerf862727c4b34febd6a0341bffd27f168a35aa637
12018-03-16T21:12:47-07:00Erik Loyerf862727c4b34febd6a0341bffd27f168a35aa637Arriving home - Noatak1Sails were an invention of great importance to the Alaskan Eskimo, whose material culture indeed reached a highly advanced stage.plain2018-03-16T21:12:47-07:00Erik Loyerf862727c4b34febd6a0341bffd27f168a35aa637
12018-03-16T21:12:48-07:00Erik Loyerf862727c4b34febd6a0341bffd27f168a35aa637Family group - Noatak1plain2018-03-16T21:12:48-07:00Erik Loyerf862727c4b34febd6a0341bffd27f168a35aa637
12018-03-16T21:12:48-07:00Erik Loyerf862727c4b34febd6a0341bffd27f168a35aa637Noatak kaiaks1These skin-covered craft, of marvellous lightness and efficiency, are of outstanding importance to the Eskimo. Remarkable too is the manner in which they are handled by their owners, who are exceedingly expert even in rough water.plain2018-03-16T21:12:48-07:00Erik Loyerf862727c4b34febd6a0341bffd27f168a35aa637
