1909 Rotogravure Flute Gods Native American Indian Stairway Desert Lovers FOG1 XEF3 sugar cane

sugar cane

This is an original 1879 monochrome in-text wood engraving of the Schreierstoren

a line of chalk hills in England

"The Nightingale" This is an original 1876 black and white in-text wood engraving of a nightingale (Luscinia megarhynchos)

and who may have been the inspiration for the novel Robinson Crusoe

1909 Rotogravure Flute Gods Native American Indian Stairway Desert Lovers FOG1 XEF3 sugar caneThis 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 "She Led Him Up the Ancient Stairway". 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