1909 Rotogravure Flute Gods Castilian War Dress Colonial America Spanish FOG1 YTMM2 LHJ7A10C09

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This is an original 1896 monochrome halftone print of Fujiama

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1909 Rotogravure Flute Gods Castilian War Dress Colonial America Spanish FOG1 YTMM2 LHJ7A10C09This is an original 1909 sepia rotogravure from the The Flute of the Gods, a narrative about the early meetings between the southwest American Indians and the Spanish colonists. The caption reads "In Castilian War Dress He Stood". Edward S. Curtis (1868 1952) was a well known photographer and documentarian of the Native American peoples, including their tribal lore, customs, and history. After a messy divorce (during which he smashed a lot of his