1909 Rotogravure Flute Gods Don Ruy Message Moonlight Costume Musketeer FOG1 XET4 the Old War Offices

the Old War Offices

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1909 Rotogravure Flute Gods Don Ruy Message Moonlight Costume Musketeer FOG1 XET4 the Old War OfficesThis is a rare 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 "To Don Ruy, A Message in the Moonlight". 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