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“GIRL
AND JAR”
1905
This young girl, also known as Sunflower and Povi-Tamu is from the
San Ildefonso pueblo in Northern New Mexico. She was one of Curtis’
favorite subjects and appears in an unprecedented four different photographs
in Curtis’ magnum opus The North American Indian. Pueblo woman
were very adept at carrying and balancing objects on their heads,
and a vessel, such as this pot, usually rested on a fiber ring that
served to both steady the pot and to protect the scalp. The design
on the pot pictured here recalls the importance of the serpent cult
in Tewa life. This image was not originally offered as a goldtone
and was available only as a photogravure and a handful of examples
in platinum. Because of its compelling beauty and added warmth and
richness as a goldtone, Curtis Centennial Edition chose to create
this image in the Goldtone process.
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