A Zuni Girl
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A Zuni Girl
Artist
Edward Sheriff Curtis
(1868 - 1952)
Date1903
MediumPhotogravure
ClassificationsPrint
Credit LineCrystal Bridges Museum of American Art, Bentonville, Arkansas, 2005.28.614
Accession number
2005.28.614
DescriptionPlate 613On View
Not on viewLabel TextThe woman in this portrait stares at the viewer with a sense of empowerment, as her pose simultaneously exudes strength and confidence. Edward Curtis noted the importance of women in the Zuni communities, observing that houses were "the absolute property of the women, who may sell or trade them within the tribe without legal hindrance," and that daughters "are the preferred heirs of the landed possessions of their father and their mother."