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Title: Achomawi Man -- From The North American Indian, Volume 13, Plate 466 Author: Curtis, Edward S. Place: Cambridge, Mass Publisher: Suffolk Engraving Co. Date: 1923 Description: Image size 39.2x29.2 (15½x11½"), plus margins, sheet size 55.8x45 cm.(22x17½"). Matted. The Achomawi were one of several bands known as the "Pit River" tribe of Native Americans who lived in northern California. They lived in the Fall River valley, Tule Lake, and Pit River area near Montgomery Creek in Shasta County to Goose Lake on the Oregon state line. The North American Indian by Edward S. Curtis is one of the most significant and controversial representations of traditional American Indian culture ever produced. Issued in a limited edition from 1907-1930, the publication continues to exert a major influence on the image of Indians in popular culture. Curtis said he wanted to document "the old time Indian, his dress, his ceremonies, his life and manners." In over 2000 photogravure plates and narrative, Curtis portrayed the traditional customs and lifeways of eighty Indian tribes. The twenty volumes, each with an accompanying portfolio, are organized by tribes and culture areas encompassing the Great Plains, Great Basin, Plateau Region, Southwest, California, Pacific Northwest, and Alaska. Lot Amendments Condition: Spotting and foxing to borders, small scratches to image, outer edges of sheet browned as usual, else very good. Item number: 215352