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Title
Yellow Bull, Nez Perce
William Smith Mason Collection of Western Americana
Alternative Title
Volume 8, plate 257
Creator
Curtis, Edward S., 1868-1952
Publication Information
E. S. Curtis (Seattle); The University Press (Cambridge, Mass)
Honnold Mudd Library. Special Collections
Contributing Institution
Claremont Colleges Library
Collection
West-ography, re-imaging the West
Rights Information
For more information on copyright or permissions for this image, please contact Honnold Mudd Library Special Collections at https://library.claremont.edu/scl/
Description
As a member of the family which more than any other was responsible for precipitating the Nez Perce outbreak of 1877, Yellow Bull proved a source of much valuable information. His son Walaitits was one of the three men who murdered the first white settlers in this conflict. The war-bonnet of eagle-feathers, with pendant weasel-skins, as well as the otter-fur wrappings of his hair braids, indicates the extent to which the Nez Perces were influenced by the Indians of the prairies, whom they met in their annual pilgrimage to the buffalo country.
Type
image
Format
image/jp2
Identifier
wor00230.tif
http://ccdl.claremont.edu/cdm/ref/collection/p15831coll8/id/230
Language
English
Subject
Nez Percé Indians
Native Americans
Portraits
Portrait photography
Photogravure
Headdresses
Jewelry
Clothing and dress
Men's clothing
Source
Photogravure, 18.25 x 22.25 inches: The North American Indian; being a series of volumes picturing and describing the Indians of the United States, and Alaska, 970.6 C942 vol.8 plates, William Smith Mason Collection of Western Americana, Special Collections, Honnold/Mudd Library

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