Jo Mora (1876-1947): Indians of North America Poster (1936) (30 1/8” x 22 ¾”)

This rare educational poster, mounted on a wood frame, is an encyclopedia of Native American tribes, crafts, clothing, traditions, and more. 
 
Joseph ‘Jo’ Jacinto Mora (1876-1947) was an Uruguayan-born American artist and cartoonist who spent two years living with the Hopi and Navajo. In his own words, he wrote about this creation as follows: “In making this Carte ~ Indians of North America ~ I must confess to a more difficult task than anticipated. With the vast amount of data acquired in a lifelong intimate study, it was not lack of material but that discouraging necessity for elimination forced on me by the limitations of available space that made this task most trying. I hope you will derive some mixture of instruction and pleasure from its perusal and that I may stimulate a desire for further study of our Aboriginal Americana.” This quote appears on the poster, signed Jo Mora © MCMXXXVI (1936).
 
H 30 1/8” x 22 ¾” x 1”