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)
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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 / 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
Large EAD
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NAA.PhotoLot.24
NAA
Record ID
ebl-1628133031454-1628133033979-0