Lot Essay
The subjects include: construction of the Medicine Lodge; the kitchen workers; the Sweat House; Sand Painting; Initiation Rites; portraits; landscape and architectural views.
Details
SIMEON SCHWEMBERGER
The Navaho Indian
An album containing 48 gelatin silver prints. 1902-1905. Each with stamped credit, copyright date, and St. Michael's, AZ on the recto; 32 with paper labels with letterpress title, numbered sequentially and descriptive legend, 16 with hand-written titles in ink, affixed to the mount. Each approximately 4 5/8 x 6 5/8in. or the reverse. Mounted one-to-a-page, tipped to the mount. Oblong 4to, pigskin cover.
The Navaho Indian
An album containing 48 gelatin silver prints. 1902-1905. Each with stamped credit, copyright date, and St. Michael's, AZ on the recto; 32 with paper labels with letterpress title, numbered sequentially and descriptive legend, 16 with hand-written titles in ink, affixed to the mount. Each approximately 4 5/8 x 6 5/8in. or the reverse. Mounted one-to-a-page, tipped to the mount. Oblong 4to, pigskin cover.
Literature
See Big Eyes, The Southwest Photos, for examples of Schwemberger's work with the Indians.