I discovered the work of Edward S. Curtis while i was visiting the Medicine Man exhibition at the Wellcome Collection in London. Curtis documented the American West as well as the rites and lives of Native American peoples.
Tonenili, Navajo God of Water (full size)
Hop! Another picture because those Navaho sure knew how to make fantastic masks.
Tobadzischini – Navaho, Curtis Collection
See more images at Curtis Collection, Flury and Co, Library of Congress, Old Picture, Bruce Kapson.