By Her Hand Museum Book

BY HER HAND NATIVE AMERICAN WOMEN, THEIR ART & THE PHOTOGRAPHS OF EDWARD S. CURTIS

UNTITLED (GIRL WITH JAR) - HOPI, 1900

A GUESTCURATOR TRAVELING EXHIBITION

“lives on. Women still make pots using the same techniques and

designs. Women still reap crops and harvest rice in canoes. And into their rugs and baskets, their clothing and beadwork, women The Women

“By Her Hand: Native American Women, Their Art and the Photographs of Edward S. Curtis�

This is a highly innovative traveling exhibition that brings together Native American artwork and objects, with iconic photographs perience. The core concept is to create a synergistic relationship

would otherwise be unattainable. and their art, the goal is to more deeply understand their roles

many roles they took on in their traditional lives. Both classic and environment in which they lived will be incorporated in the exhibi-

MOTHER AND CHILD - APSAROKE, 1908

TAOS WATER GIRLS (VARIANT), 1905

MOHAVE POTTER, 1907

By Her Hand includes approximately 60 vintage and ally acclaimed Christopher Cardozo Collection. Museums that have Native American collections will have the tion to accompany the photographic display. The di-

This allowing many access points into the work. Museums may also choose to only display the photographs, and designed to stand on its own as well.

Everything on the earth has a purpose, “every disease an herb to cure it, and every person a mission. This is the Indian theory of existence. — Mourning Dove Salish

GIRL AND JAR - SAN ILDEFONSO, 1905

versation regarding the environment and respect -

interacted with the natural environment. This can rary environmental sustainability and stewardship issues.

MOSA - MOHAVE, 1903

Through this exhibition viewers can experience the work of a great artist while building a deep understanding of Native American history and culture and the many roles that women played. The photographs and corresponding objects can separately celebrate the inherent beauty of cultural diversity, but together they create an aesthetic experience that goes beyond function or narrative.

By Her Hand will be complemented by a siglished by internationally respected Prestel Press. The publication will contain over 100 state of the art reproductions of Curtis imagery and Native American objects, as well as essays by prominent scholars.

THE BLANKET WEAVER - NAVAHO, 1904

A MONO HOME, 1924

Being born as humans to this earth is a very sacred trust. We “have a sacred responsibility because of the special gift we have,

which is beyond the fine gifts of...all other living things on earth.

We are able to take care of them. — Audrey Shenandoah, Onondaga

PLAYMATES - APSAROKE, 1905

Christopher Cardozo Fine Art (CCFA) has been the leadyears. During that time we have consistently maintained the -

been seen by more people around the world than all previous -

which have been exhibited and collected world-wide.

part of this earth is sacred to my people. Every mist “in Every the dark woods, every clearing and every humming insect

is holy in the memory of my people. Every part of this soil is sacred—every hillside, every valley, every plain and grove— responds lovingly to our footsteps…

—Chief Seattle - Suquamish, 1855

Both inspired and limited by their distinct environment, Native women developed strategies and coordinated efforts to meet the needs of their immediate family and to contribute to the well-being of their tribes. Useful objects were

ceremonies, special occasions, and trade. The sum of these objects is a testimony to the inventiveness and aesthetic ability of generations of Native American women.

Curtis captured the Native American connection to the environment in his photographs.

His images convey the Native understanding of the need for a harmonious balance between humans and the environment, an issue of critical importance today.

KUTENAI DUCK HUNTER, 1910

EMBARKING - KUTENAI, 1910

WITH HER PROUDLY DECKED HORSE (VARIANT), 1910

UNTITLED (NAMPEYO PAINTING), 1900

PUGET SOUND BASKETS, 1912

marks on the grass. “The sunlight does not leaveSoitswe too pass silently.

photographic processes. The vast majority photogravures

magnum opus The North American Indian. or Japanese tissue. Curtis also created a sigplatinum prints, comprising

ZUNI GIRLS (UNPUBLISHED IMAGE), c. 1905

Gold-toned printing-out paper prints (or colgoldtones which, like platinum prints, also comprise apgel-

atin silver exhibition and these are virtually always sepia toned and are more rare than platinum prints or

toned gelatin silver prints, which incorporate a barely discernable screen pattern, which are

gle weight paper.

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a printing-out process and gold-toned. They are extremely rare and were produced principally in 1899 and 1900. They are marked by russety sepia tone. cyanotypes were initially printed as cyanotypes; however, hand-colored gelatin silver and platinum photographs using watercolor and oils, as well as experimental prints that appear to employ a gum process

that gives birth is female. When men begin to understand “theEverything relationships of the universe that women have always known, the world will begin to change for the better.

—Lorraine Canoe, Mohawk, 1993

POTTERY BURNERS AT SANTA CLARA, 1905

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