ARC 1176.005, Henry Head Carrier (Pikuni Blackfeet/Piegan)

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Record ID: 
219286
Accession number: 
ARC 1176.005
Photographer: 
Edward S. Curtis
Title: 
Henry Head Carrier (Pikuni Blackfeet/Piegan)
Summary: 

Half-length studio portrait of Head Carry [i.e. Henry Head Carrier, also known as "Moves Out"] facing front, wearing headdress (Pikuni Blackfeet/Piegan).

Created: 
ca. 1900
Printed/Manufactured: 
United States, ca. 1905-1910
Description: 
1 lantern slide : photograph on glass, sepia toned ; 3 1/4 x 4 inches (lantern slide format)
Inscriptions/Markings: 
Oval white sticker with red border adhered to slide at lower left.
Notes: 

Title supplied by Adolf Hungry-Wolf, The Blackfoot papers (Skookumchuck, British Columbia : Good Medicine Cultural Foundation, 2006); copyright date from Library of Congress.
Image also available in the Library of Congress online catalog (viewed May 2021): Edward S. Curtis Collection (Library of Congress), LOT 12331, box 3, Library of Congress number 2001695801, Curtis no. 73, dated ©1900, title: Head Carry.
Forms part of a collection of lantern slides by Curtis (ARC 1176).

Bibliography: 
NAA MS 2010-28 National Anthropological Archives, Series 9.1, Edward Curtis negative log books, volume 2, "Indian series", page 5, negative number 73: Head Carry (Grovan).<br>The Blackfoot papers / by Adolf Hungry-Wolf. Skookumchuck, British Columbia : Good Medicine Cultural Foundation, 2006, volume 4, Pikunni biographies, page 1111, "Henry Head Carrier" (photo reproduced).
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