Lot 29
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EDWARD S. CURTIS

Details
EDWARD S. CURTIS

Piki Maker

Toned platinum print on textured paper. 1906. Dated in the negative; signed in ink and embossed copyright credit on the recto 16¼ x 12½in. In an original studio frame.
Literature
The North American Indian 1907-30, Portfolio 12, pl. 432; Visions of a Vanishing Race, p. 221.

Lot Essay

Curtis wrote of this image: Piki is corn bread baked in colored sheets of paper-like thinness. The batter is spread on the baking stone with the bare hand, and the quickly baked sheet is folded and laid on the basket at the baker's left. (cf. Visions, p. 220)