A YAUELMANI YOKUTS. PLATE 498.
Edward Curtis
A Yauelmani Yokuts. Plate 498.
Sepia photogravure, 1924.
Image size 15 1/2 x 11 7/16" (39.4 x 29 cm).
Good condition. LOCATION: New York City
Inventory Number: 49369
Price: $485.00 Publisher : Published by E. S. Curtis. From copyright photographs by E.S. Curtis. Photogravure Soffolk Eng. Co. Cambridge, Mass.
Edward Sheriff Curtis published "The North American Indian" between 1907 and 1930. The twenty-volume series recorded the various Native American cultures spread across the country, although it also contained Euro-American biases which were typical of the time. Each of the descriptive volume were accompanied by a portfolio of large photogravure plates.
Yawelmani (misspelled Yauelmani by Curtis) is one of three dialect spoken by the Yokutis people in San Joaquin Valley, California. Specifically, it is spoken by the Southern Valley Yokuts. 20th Century Subjects , Western & Indian
