The Flute of the Gods
by Ryan, Marah Ellis. Edward S. Curtis photo
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About This Item
Autograph edition, limited to 500 numbered copies signed by Curtis and Ryan. This copy is number 163. An historical romance set in the southwest, this is the second collaboration between Ryan and Curtis. It was published while Curtis was in the midst of compiling the North American Indian (1907-1930), the "most ambitious and the most expensive project ever attempted in photography" (Parr & Badger), and is illustrated with his photogravures, mainly of Hopi and Apache subjects. Marah Ellis Ryan (1860-1934) "went to live among the Hopi Indians...and claimed to be the only white woman ever admitted to the secret religious rites. She was...an authority on the tribal life of the Indians in the United States and Mexico" (NYT).
REFERENCES: Parr, Martin and Gerry Badger. The Photobook (New York: Phaidon, 2004), vol. 1, p. 73; "Mrs. Marah E. Ryan, Writer, Dies at 68" New York Times, July 12, 1934, p. 17.
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- James Arsenault & Company (US)
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- 8866
- Title
- The Flute of the Gods
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- Ryan, Marah Ellis. Edward S. Curtis photo
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- New York: Frederick A. Stokes Company, 1909
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