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Part of: Telling Stories: The Rhetoric and Representation of Race and Ethnicity (22 resources )
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Telling Stories: The Rhetoric and Representation of Race and Ethnicity


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Scott W Beal
Last Updated
September 24, 2022 12:42 p.m.

22 Items in this Learning Collection
Manet's Olympia
A female nude reclining on a bed wearing one yellow slipper on her left foot, a gold bracelet on her right arm and a black ribbon tied in a bow around her neck. An African American woman in a blue dress stands behind her holding a bouquet of yellow and white flowers. A small monkey sits at the foot of the bed. All subjects look directly at the viewer.
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Untitled, Vicksburg, MS

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Untitled, Columbia, SC

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Untitled, Monroe, LA

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Margarita de Bonampak, from "Manuel Alvarez Bravo"

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Court Activities, Charleston

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Ah Puch
Bust of a figure from the chest up in three-quarters pose. The head, or perhaps a mask, is white, resembling a skull with a halo of white hair. The neck is dark brown with two white bands like chokers around it, perhaps securing the mask. The figure wears a dark red garment that is trimmed in ornate lace in white and gold. The background is a deep teal green-blue.
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Colored
An assemblage of found objects: a salvaged wood frame with wood inlay letters spelling &quot;COLORED,&quot; four portrait photographs of African American females (two photogaphs on either side of a printed poem), nine thread samples under photographs, and one hand mirror hanging on a decorative brass hook to the viewer&#39;s right of the frame. The poem reads:&nbsp;<br /> &quot;Light is Alright<br /> Yellow is Mellow<br /> Brown, Stick Around<br /> Black, Get Back<br /> (but black don&#39;t crack)&quot;<br /> <br /> The wood has a strong smell, may have been treated with molasses.<br /> <br /> &nbsp;
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After Manet
This image is a circular format black and white photograph depicting four young African American girls wearing floral dresses lounging on a blanket in the grass. Three girls sit or prop themselves up and look at the camera, the fourth girl lays down, with her eyes closed. The glass in the frame has a domed surface, creating a fish-eye effect.
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Untitled
White glazed porcelain pitcher with two different black silhouette faces in profile, one on each side.
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Untitled
This print has rows of stencilled black text in all capital letters on white background. In pencil, the print is signed and dated (l.r.) "Glenn Lignon '92" and numbered (l.l.) "27/45". 
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Untitled
This print has rows of stencilled black text in all capital letters on white background. In pencil, the print is signed and dated (l.r.) "Glenn Lignon '92" and numbered (l.l.) "27/45". 
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Chasing a Slaver
Ship chasing another ship. Shore on the right hand side of the painting.
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Joseph the Carpenter
This print shows a shipyard, with three laborers working on the hull of a large boat under a dark sky.
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Paris #206
Photo of a woman in a floor-length and brightly striped formal gown standing in a multi-level staircase. The photo is taken from above and captures the woman, her companion, and the ornate handrail and stair runner.
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Seven Kiowah Men

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David Chun - Chinese Shrimp Camp
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Resource with 3 media
Salome (John the Baptist)
Four people are gathered around a white table in the foreground. A nude woman on the right holds the head of a man on a gray platter. The man&#39;s body is in the bottom right corner of the print with a red trail at the neck. Across from the woman is a man in a red garmet with black and yellow stripes, and a tan cap with a red and blue stripe. Across the table are two other figures and in the background to the right stand two men in blue, much smaller than the figures around the table.
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New York in Transit I
In this long horizontally oriented print, we see multiple people of various colors on a subway car; some sit and others stand holding onto subway poles. Windows show various scenes- a plane in the sky, men playing basketball, fish, musicians, and a small group of people walking with a flag. 
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Day of All Dead

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Póvi-Támuⁿ ("Flower Morning") - San Ildefonso
This is a portrait of a young woman against a plain, dark backdrop. She wears a draped cloth garment, strands of beadwork looped around her neck. Her hair is cut in a short style with blunt, thick bangs covering her forehead. 
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Borders of Identity in North America
Photographed from atop a high ridge, this photograph depicts a view looking down into a winding desert canyon.
Resource with 87 media
Representation and Misrepresentation

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Created by
Laura Seligman
Last Updated
September 24, 2022 12:42 p.m.

23 Items in this Learning Collection
After Manet
This image is a circular format black and white photograph depicting four young African American girls wearing floral dresses lounging on a blanket in the grass. Three girls sit or prop themselves up and look at the camera, the fourth girl lays down, with her eyes closed. The glass in the frame has a domed surface, creating a fish-eye effect.
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Nez Percé Babe
This is a portrait of a baby in a cradleboard, taken against a dark backdrop. The baby is tied into the carrying device, which is decorated with floral motifs. A patterned blanket is draped around the base of the cradleboard.
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A Friend Visits
A woman wearing a blue shirt beneath a white coat is in front of a window. Through the window, viewers can see a snowy landscape with a blue house and electrical wires.&nbsp;
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Mother and Child

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Chasing the Geese

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Standing Hunter

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Spirit Bird

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Fish Line
four figures standing behind an oblong element decorated with or holding fish beneath a suspended fishing line.&nbsp;
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Seated Eskimo Hunter

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Man at Seal Hole

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Inuit woman at a hair salon
Image of a smiling woman with short, dark hair, seen from the shoulders up in the far right foreground of the frame. A blurred reflection of her and a standing woman in a light dress can be seen in the far left background.
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Hunter with Harpoon

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Summer Tent

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Daughter of Tamáḣŭs—Cayuse
A portrait of an aging woman. She looks directly into the lens, wearing braids, strands of beaded necklaces, and a garment with geometric lines.
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Spídĭs—Wishham
A portrait of an aging man. He wears a tusk septum piercing and two long braids, with a garment draped over his soulders. A circular embroidered design is visible near the bottom of the frame.
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Shirt—Kalispel
A single-sitter portrait, with the subject wearing two braids and a decorated shirt. The subject wears large circular earrings and multiple strands of beadwork, which contrast against the dark shirt and backdrop.
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A Corner of Taos and a Kiva Entrance
A photograph of adobe structures in a desert landscape. Each structure is square, many with small windows. To the left, a wooden structure is visible in the background.
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Póvi-Támuⁿ ("Flower Morning") - San Ildefonso
This is a portrait of a young woman against a plain, dark backdrop. She wears a draped cloth garment, strands of beadwork looped around her neck. Her hair is cut in a short style with blunt, thick bangs covering her forehead. 
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An Old Man of Waiyám
A photograph of an aged man sitting and looking straight into the camera. He holds a large feather in his lap, his costume adorned with embroidery. He wears a large feather headdress on his head. He appears to be sitting in an enclosed area, with patterned cloths on the floor and hanging around him.
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Oka and Walmacho
In this painting, done in broad brush strokes, the figures of two women fill the composition. The woman on the right is seated in profile and the other, standing behind her, gazes out into the distance. They both wear shawls which make their bodies monolithic forms. A strong outline appears, especially around their heads, because they are set againist a plain white wall. There is also a strong color contrast between the dark black shawl worn by the standing woman and light pink shawl of the seated one. An amulet made of bone and feathers hangs on the wall in the upper right corner of the painting.
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The Attack on an Emigrant Train
This painting shows a train wagon filled with people in the foreground, and many train wagons following in the background. The train wagon and the people in it are being attacked by people on horses with tribal headwears and using weapons such as bows and arrows and axes. People in the train wagon are of Caucasion decent and have rifles pointed at those who seem to be Native Americans.
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Young Crow Groom, Fort Keogh

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Hunter

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22 Items in this Learning Collection
Manet's Olympia
A female nude reclining on a bed wearing one yellow slipper on her left foot, a gold bracelet on her right arm and a black ribbon tied in a bow around her neck. An African American woman in a blue dress stands behind her holding a bouquet of yellow and white flowers. A small monkey sits at the foot of the bed. All subjects look directly at the viewer.
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Untitled, Vicksburg, MS

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Untitled, Columbia, SC

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Untitled, Monroe, LA

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Margarita de Bonampak, from "Manuel Alvarez Bravo"

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Court Activities, Charleston

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Ah Puch
Bust of a figure from the chest up in three-quarters pose. The head, or perhaps a mask, is white, resembling a skull with a halo of white hair. The neck is dark brown with two white bands like chokers around it, perhaps securing the mask. The figure wears a dark red garment that is trimmed in ornate lace in white and gold. The background is a deep teal green-blue.
Collection Object
Colored
An assemblage of found objects: a salvaged wood frame with wood inlay letters spelling &quot;COLORED,&quot; four portrait photographs of African American females (two photogaphs on either side of a printed poem), nine thread samples under photographs, and one hand mirror hanging on a decorative brass hook to the viewer&#39;s right of the frame. The poem reads:&nbsp;<br /> &quot;Light is Alright<br /> Yellow is Mellow<br /> Brown, Stick Around<br /> Black, Get Back<br /> (but black don&#39;t crack)&quot;<br /> <br /> The wood has a strong smell, may have been treated with molasses.<br /> <br /> &nbsp;
Collection Object
After Manet
This image is a circular format black and white photograph depicting four young African American girls wearing floral dresses lounging on a blanket in the grass. Three girls sit or prop themselves up and look at the camera, the fourth girl lays down, with her eyes closed. The glass in the frame has a domed surface, creating a fish-eye effect.
Collection Object
Untitled
White glazed porcelain pitcher with two different black silhouette faces in profile, one on each side.
Collection Object
Untitled
This print has rows of stencilled black text in all capital letters on white background. In pencil, the print is signed and dated (l.r.) "Glenn Lignon '92" and numbered (l.l.) "27/45". 
Collection Object
Untitled
This print has rows of stencilled black text in all capital letters on white background. In pencil, the print is signed and dated (l.r.) "Glenn Lignon '92" and numbered (l.l.) "27/45". 
Collection Object
Chasing a Slaver
Ship chasing another ship. Shore on the right hand side of the painting.
Collection Object
Joseph the Carpenter
This print shows a shipyard, with three laborers working on the hull of a large boat under a dark sky.
Collection Object
Paris #206
Photo of a woman in a floor-length and brightly striped formal gown standing in a multi-level staircase. The photo is taken from above and captures the woman, her companion, and the ornate handrail and stair runner.
Collection Object
Seven Kiowah Men

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David Chun - Chinese Shrimp Camp
;
Resource with 3 media
Salome (John the Baptist)
Four people are gathered around a white table in the foreground. A nude woman on the right holds the head of a man on a gray platter. The man&#39;s body is in the bottom right corner of the print with a red trail at the neck. Across from the woman is a man in a red garmet with black and yellow stripes, and a tan cap with a red and blue stripe. Across the table are two other figures and in the background to the right stand two men in blue, much smaller than the figures around the table.
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New York in Transit I
In this long horizontally oriented print, we see multiple people of various colors on a subway car; some sit and others stand holding onto subway poles. Windows show various scenes- a plane in the sky, men playing basketball, fish, musicians, and a small group of people walking with a flag. 
Collection Object
Day of All Dead

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Póvi-Támuⁿ ("Flower Morning") - San Ildefonso
This is a portrait of a young woman against a plain, dark backdrop. She wears a draped cloth garment, strands of beadwork looped around her neck. Her hair is cut in a short style with blunt, thick bangs covering her forehead. 
Collection Object
Borders of Identity in North America
Photographed from atop a high ridge, this photograph depicts a view looking down into a winding desert canyon.
Resource with 87 media

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Póvi-Támuⁿ ("Flower Morning") - San Ildefonso

Accession Number
1997/1.159

Title
Póvi-Támuⁿ ("Flower Morning") - San Ildefonso

Artist(s)
Edward S. Curtis

Artist Nationality
American (North American)

Object Creation Date
1925

Medium & Support
photogravure on paper

Dimensions
22 in x 18 in (55.8 cm x 45.8 cm);23 3/8 in x 18 3/16 in (59.37 cm x 46.2 cm)

Credit Line
Gift of Stephen M. Taylor

Label copy
Curtis wrote in the caption to his portrait Flower Morning that 'the regular features of the comely Morning Flower are not exceptional, for most Tewa girls, and indeed most Pueblo girls, are not without attractiveness.' Because of her 'attractiveness,' however, Curtis posed her again as the subject of The Fruit Gatherer and of Girl and Jar.
(Lyman, The Vanishing Race, p. 132)

Subject matter
This image of a young woman from the Tewa tribe in the San Ildefonso reservation is from The North American Indian (1907 - 1930), a twenty-volume series created by Edward Curtis in order to document the lives of Native Americans in diverse regions of the Western United States. This limited edition volume was financially supported by J.P. Morgan, and promoted by Theodore Roosevelt. The resulting works have been criticized and celebrated for their portrayal of Native American life. Curtis often included anachronous props and clothing and presented rituals that had not been performed in years in order to support an idealized and romantic reading of a “vanishing race.”

Physical Description
This is a portrait of a young woman against a plain, dark backdrop. She wears a draped cloth garment, strands of beadwork looped around her neck. Her hair is cut in a short style with blunt, thick bangs covering her forehead. 

Primary Object Classification
Photograph

Collection Area
Photography

Rights
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Keywords
Native American
Portraits
San Ildefonso
beadwork (visual works)
bust-length
hairstyles
jewelry
modern and contemporary art
necklace
seated
single-sitter portraits
women (female humans)

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