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Property from a Distinguished Private CollectionCURTIS, EDWARD SHERIFFThe North American Indian … Large Plates Supplementing Volume Nineteen. [Norwood, Massachusetts: The Plimpton Press, 1930] 35 (of 36, lacking no. 665) photogravure plates from portfolio XIX (each ca. 21 7/8 x 17 3/4 in.; 557 x 452 mm), printed on Van Gelder paper, with Curtis's credit, the printer's credit, the title, copyright date, and plate number printed on recto, deckle preserved on edges; some plates with light marginal browning or discoloration.. Uniformly handsomely framed with UVIII Plexiglass. A fine selection of portraits and other views documenting the Indians of Oklahoma, the Wichita, Southern Cheyenne, Oto, and Southern Comanche from Edward Curtis's monumental North American Indian. Being a Series of Volumes Picturing and Describing The Indians of the United States, The Dominion of Canada, and Alaska. The plates represented are:652. As It Was in the Old Days653. A Wichita654. Wichita Grass-House655. Grass-House Ceremony—Wichita 656. Henry—Wichita 657. Walter Ross—Wichita 658. The Story of the Washita659. On the Canadian River660. Cheyenne Sun-Dance Lodge661. Hótamitá-Ye Society, Cheyenne Sun-Dance662. Water Rite Purification, Cheyenne Animal Dance 663. At the Pool, animal Dance Cheyenne664. A Cheyenne Chief666. Cheyenne Costume667. Cheyenne Maiden668. Dog Woman—Cheyenne669. Woísta—Cheyenne Woman670. Reuben Taylor (Istófhuts)—Cheyenne 671. Black Belly—Cheyenne672. The Old Cheyenne673. The Old Warrior—Arapaho674. Black Man—Arapaho675. Standing Two–Oto676. Lone Chief—Oto677. Wakónda—Oto678. Pipe-Stem—Oto679. Old Eagle—Oto680. John Abbott—Osage681. John Quapaw—Húnta Wakúnta682. Ésipérmi—Comanche683. Lefthand—Comanche684. Úwat—Comanche685. A Comanche Mother686. A Comanche687. Peyote DrummerCondition ReportCondition as described in catalogue entry. The lot is sold in the condition it is in at the time of sale. The