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Ceremony, Tsetsaeqa (Winter Ceremonial), Hamatsa Cannibal Dance

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Ceremony, Tsetsaeqa (Winter Ceremonial), Hamatsa Cannibal Dance
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Object Details

Creator

Curtis, Natalie

Names

Louisiana Purchase Exposition (1904: Saint Louis, Mo.)

Collection Creator

Smithsonian Institution. Bureau of American Ethnology
National Museum of Natural History (U.S.). Department of Anthropology

Citation

Photo Lot 24 SPC Nwc Kwakiutl NM No # Curtis 00073900, National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution

Scope and Contents

Two Men Dancers in Costume; Bob (Left) Represents Bachbakwallan- Uxiwa, Mythical Bird of Prey, Charles James Norce (Right),(Mixed Blood)
sova.naa.photolot.24_ref4392

GUID

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/nw30b13dee6-2746-492b-8680-5dfc005a189d

Local Numbers

NAA INV.00073900 OPPS NEG.77-10035

Local Note

According to Edward Malin, the person on the right is Charley Nowell, a Kwakuitl from Fort Rupert, British Columbia. He died around 1950-52. A book on his life titled "Smoke From Their Fires," was written by Clellan Ford and published by Yale University Press.
Published: The Indians; Curtis, Natalie, 1902; 1923 Note: Transferred from Interior Dept Library, Aug, 1960
Black and white albumen print

Place

Canada -- British Columbia

Topic

Kwakiutl (Kwakwaka'wakw)

Creator

Curtis, Natalie

Culture

Kwakwaka'wakw (Kwakiutl)
Indians of North America -- Northwest Coast of North America

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Photographs of Native Americans and Other Subjects
Photographs of Native Americans and Other Subjects / Series 1: America north of Mexico / Northwest Coast / Kwakiutl

Extent

1 Albumen print (011 in x 008 in)

Date

AUG 1903

Container

Box III:7, Folder 1-12

Archival Repository

National Anthropological Archives

Type

Archival materials
Albumen prints
Photographs

Genre/Form

Photographs
NAA.PhotoLot.24_ref4392
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NAA

Record ID

ebl-1628133031454-1628133033979-0

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