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1. L.R.298.b.2, 10(343)

Reference (shelfmark):
L.R.298.b.2, 10(343)
Title:
Kwakiutl house-frame. Photographer: Curtis, Edward Sheriff
Scope & Content:
A dramatic composition from beneath the timber frames, looking towards the water: 'The two long beams in the middle are twin ridge-timbers, which are supported in the rear, as in the front, by a transverse beam resting on two uprights. At the extreme right and left are the eaves-timbers. The lon...
Collection Area:
Printed Collections
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1914
Extent:
1 item

2. L.R.298.b.2, 10(354)

Reference (shelfmark):
L.R.298.b.2, 10(354)
Title:
Koskimo woman. Photographer: Curtis, Edward Sheriff
Scope & Content:
Head-and-shoulders left profile portrait of an elderly Koskimo woman: 'The head is a good illustration of the extremes to which the Quatsino Sound tribes carried the practice of artificially lengthening the skulls of their infants.'
Collection Area:
Printed Collections
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1914
Extent:
1 item

3. L.R.298.b.2, 10(360)

Reference (shelfmark):
L.R.298.b.2, 10(360)
Title:
Inland waterway. Photographer: Curtis, Edward Sheriff
Scope & Content:
Head-on view of a canoe under way.
Collection Area:
Printed Collections
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1914
Extent:
1 item

4. L.R.298.b.2, 10(361)

Reference (shelfmark):
L.R.298.b.2, 10(361)
Title:
Bridal group. Photographer: Curtis, Edward Sheriff
Scope & Content:
Group portrait, the figures posed between two massive carved and painted posts: 'The bride stands in the middle between two dancers hired for the occasion. Her father is at the left, and the bridegroom's father at the right behind a man who presides over the box-drum.'
Collection Area:
Printed Collections
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1914
Extent:
1 item

5. L.R.298.b.2, 10(348)

Reference (shelfmark):
L.R.298.b.2, 10(348)
Title:
Group of winter dancers — Qagyuhl. Photographer: Curtis, Edward Sheriff
Scope & Content:
Group of masked dancers performing.
Collection Area:
Printed Collections
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1914
Extent:
1 item

6. L.R.298.b.2, 10(332)

Reference (shelfmark):
L.R.298.b.2, 10(332)
Title:
Mowakiu — Tsawatenok. Photographer: Curtis, Edward Sheriff
Scope & Content:
Head-and-shoulders full-face portrait of an elderly man: 'The Tsawatenok are an inland river tribe, depending on the sea for their sustenance much less than do most Kwakiutl tribes, and to an equal degree devoting more time to hunting and trapping in the mountains. Their territory lies along Kin...
Collection Area:
Printed Collections
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1914
Extent:
1 item

7. L.R.298.b.2, 10(335)

Reference (shelfmark):
L.R.298.b.2, 10(335)
Title:
Siwit — Awaitlala. Photographer: Curtis, Edward Sheriff
Scope & Content:
Head-and-shoulders full-face portrait of a white-bearded man.
Collection Area:
Printed Collections
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1914
Extent:
1 item

8. L.R.298.b.2, 10(342)

Reference (shelfmark):
L.R.298.b.2, 10(342)
Title:
Gathering abalones — Nakoaktok. Photographer: Curtis, Edward Sheriff
Scope & Content:
Portrait of a woman gathering abalone at the water's edge.
Collection Area:
Printed Collections
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1914
Extent:
1 item

9. L.R.298.b.2, 10(346)

Reference (shelfmark):
L.R.298.b.2, 10(346)
Title:
Yakotlus — Quatsino, profile. Photographer: Curtis, Edward Sheriff
Scope & Content:
Head-and-shoulders right profile portrait of an elderly man: 'In physique and intelligence the Quatsino seem inferior to the other Kwakiutl tribes. This plate illustrates the artificial deformation of the head, which formerly was quite general on the North Pacific coast. The process is described...
Collection Area:
Printed Collections
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1914
Extent:
1 item

10. L.R.298.b.2, 10(347)

Reference (shelfmark):
L.R.298.b.2, 10(347)
Title:
Yakotlus — Quatsino. Photographer: Curtis, Edward Sheriff
Scope & Content:
Half-length seated right half-profile portrait of the man also portrayed in the preceding plate.
Collection Area:
Printed Collections
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1914
Extent:
1 item

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