Item #51-2077 Village of the Kalispel. Portfolio plate no. 239. (Large format supplementary plate for The North American Indian). Edward Sheriff Curtis.
Curtis, Edward Sheriff (1868-1952)

Village of the Kalispel. Portfolio plate no. 239. (Large format supplementary plate for The North American Indian)

Cambridge, MA: 1910. Photogravure. brown ink ; 36 x 44 cm [plate size]
Original photogravure produced in Boston by John Andrew & Son Plate from the large format portfolio series , on hand-made Van Gelder, printed by John Andrew & Son, each plate margin with printed title, date, and plate number, also with Curtis' copyright and printers' credit .
each plate impress: approx. 16 3/4 x 14 or 12 1/4 x 17 1/2 in; sheets: 22 x 18 in or the reverse.

"The Kalispel, who now number about a hundred, are scattered along the eastern side of the Pend d'Oreille river in eastern Washington. In the summer they assemble in their picturesque village, consisting of a few wooden houses and a dozen or more canvas-covered tipis, at the edge of a camas meadow opposite the town of Cusick.."


The North American Indian (1907-1930) v.07, The Yakima. The Klickitat. Salishan tribes of the interior. The Kutenai ([Seattle] : E.S. Curtis ; [Cambridge, Mass. : The University Press], 1911), plate no. 239. Item #51-2077

Price: $2,500.00

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