«Tah It Way» Man with Calumet Pipe, by E. S. Curtis, 5 x 7
«TAH IT WAY» Man. (From Illinois State Museum). The stem was decorated with the heads and necks of various birds and with large red and green feathers. Photographer: Renowned Edward S. Curtis. By the 1890’s, Curtis started what turned into his dream–taking pictures of a vanishing race.