Sigesh (Apache girl)

Sigesh (Apache girl)

Head-and-shoulders portrait of an Apache Indian, right profile.
Edward S. Curtis Collection (Library of Congress image) c. 1904

Edward S. Curtis’s
The North American Indian
Sigesh – Apache, Portfolio 1, Plate 6 (dated 1907)
Description by Edward S. Curtis: “This illustrates the girls’ method of tying the hair previous to marriage. The ornament fastened to the hair in the back is made of leather, broad and round at the ends and narrow in the middle.”
Arizona Capitol Museum
Northwestern University

Profile bust portrait of Sigesh, a Native American (Apache) girl. Sigesh wears her hair in a braid and pulled back, wrapped in a nah-leen or hair bow tied with cloth. Shows a multi-strand choker necklace and a woven, striped blanket over her shoulders.
Denver Public Library Digital Collections

Sigesh (Apache girl) Greeting Cards
Products with this image at Zazzle


Additional Information

Apache (Just a sample of what’s available on a Google search on “Apache tribe”)

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