PLATE 177 ATSINA HEAD DRESS 1908 Photogravure

EDWARD S. CURTIS. Plate 177 Head-Dress - Atsina, 1908. 16x11.75" photogravure on 17.5x12.5" Tissue paper, mounted to 21"x16.5" Rives BFK paper with original 22x18" Holland Van Gelder overmat. Print date 1909. From Portfolio 5, Mandan, Arikara and Atsina, of The North American Indian. Printed on print recto: Head-Dress - Atsina / From Copyright Photograph 1908 by E.S. Curtis/Photogravure John Andrew & Son

Curtis wrote about Head-Dress: "Born about 1855, near Marias river, Montana. He first took the war-path when twenty years of age, going against the Assiniboin. One woman was killed by his party, but Head-dress gained no honors. A war-party composed of a few Atsina, Apsaroke, and Assiniboin, went westward and found a Flathead camp, which they charged, killing on man; Head-dress was with them, but accomplished nothing. While he and another were scouting in the Piegan country, they found two of the enemy, who took refuge behind a bank. The two Atsina charged and captured both, counting coups on them. While hunting buffalo, the Atsina met a party of Sioux with a band of stolen horses, and, charging them, forced them to abandon their booty. Head-dress captured two horses himself, each with a saddle. He counted a first coup against the Piegan, and while fighting the Sioux he and another struck first coup at the same time. Head-dress has had no visions, nor has he ever fasted, but has the medicine of an eagle down-feather, which was given to him. He married at the age of thirty. Portrait, folio plate 177."
Condition Report: Excellent. Minor wear.