The North American Indian. The Salishan tribes of the coast. The Chimakum and the Quilliute. The Willapa. [portfolio of large plates supplementing volume IX]. Photographer(s): Curtis, Edward Sheriff
A primitive Quinault. Photographer: Curtis, Edward Sheriff
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Full-length portrait of a Quinault girl, standing among vegetation on a fallen tree trunk: 'Among all the Coast Salish the aboriginal dress of women was a knee-length kilt of thick, cedar-bark fringe. No other garment was worn except when cold or rain made goat-hair or vegetal-fibre blankets or ...
The mouth of Quinault River. Photographer: Curtis, Edward Sheriff
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View across the river towards the conifer-covered hillside on the far bank, with canoes at the water's edge in the foreground: 'The village of the Quinault stands at the mouth of this stream, a few hundred yards from the ocean. From the river they gain their livelihood in salmon fishing.'
A Chief's daughter — Skokomish. Photographer: Curtis, Edward Sheriff
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Full-length portrait of a young woman, dressed in a fur cloak and seated in a mat house among woven baskets: 'Pride of birth played a prominent role in the life of the Pacific Coast Indians. Society was rigidly divided into nobility, common people and slaves taken in war. No woman of common birt...
A mat house — Skokomish. Photographer: Curtis, Edward Sheriff
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General view of the mat house on the river bank, with various items of basketry laid out on the ground in front of the entrance: 'A summer house of tule mats on a framework of poles is very quickly completed. As rolls of matting are included in the equipment of every party of travellers, the mea...