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CURTIS, Edward Sheriff (American, 1868-1952). Pair of Coast Pomo Portraits. Cambridge: Suffolk Engraving Company, ca. 1924. Original photogravures; one on Dutch Van Gelder paper; the other on Japanese vellum. Curtis’s credit, photograph’s date, title, plate number, and printmaker’s credit recto. Plates 475 (A Coast Pomo Woman) and 476 (A Mixed-Blood Coast Pomo) in Curtis’s Portfolio 14, “The North American Indian, Vol. 14. The Kato. The Wailaki. The Yuki. The Pomo. The Wintun. The Maidu. The Miwok. The Yokuts.” Images 15 5/8 x 11 ½”; sheets 22 x 17 ¾”. Pomo Woman: Evidence of ghosting on verso; ½” tear along right edge. Both: Deckle edges; slight toning/discoloration around perimeter; very minor spots. Images are clean and present well, in very good condition.