Brilliant and incredibly rare orotone, or goldtone, photograph by famed Seattle, Washington photographer EDWARD S. CURTIS (1868 - 1952, American/Washington + Californian), titled "The Son of the Desert." Seattle, Washington Studio, ca. 1917 - early 1920s. Signed in the lower right, "Curtis". Housed in the gilt gesso Edward Curtis pie crust, or batwing, style Arts & Crafts frame.