Kalispel scene. Portfolio plate no. 240. (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.
"From time out of mind the Kalispel have been boatmen, and they are one of the few inland tribes that still possess and use craft of native manufacture. Their canoes are made of pine-bark on a framework of cedar strips, the seams and the imperfections of the bark being caulked with spruce gum.."
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. 240. Item #51-2078
Price: $2,500.00