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Container Reference (shelfmark) L.R.298.b.2, 10

11. L.R.298.b.2, 10(339)

Reference (shelfmark):
L.R.298.b.2, 10(339)
Title:
On the beach — Nakoaktok. Photographer: Curtis, Edward Sheriff
Scope & Content:
Full-length standing portrait of a woman with her clam basket, at the water's edge: 'This high-born clam-digger is wearing aboriginal costume consisting of a cedar-bark blanket, used as a robe, a cedar-bark rain-cape, a spruce-root "chief's hat", and woollen ankle-bands.'
Collection Area:
Printed Collections
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1914
Extent:
1 item

12. L.R.298.b.2, 10(340)

Reference (shelfmark):
L.R.298.b.2, 10(340)
Title:
In Kwakiutl waters. Photographer: Curtis, Edward Sheriff
Scope & Content:
In a characteristic setting is shown a fleet of the beautifully modelled Kwakiutl canoes, manned by crews in aboriginal dress.'
Collection Area:
Printed Collections
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1914
Extent:
1 item

13. L.R.298.b.2, 10(341)

Reference (shelfmark):
L.R.298.b.2, 10(341)
Title:
Koskimo house-post. Photographer: Curtis, Edward Sheriff
Scope & Content:
Close view of carved and painted post figure: 'The huge, grotesquely carved interior supporting columns are the most striking feature of Kwakiutl houses. The figures perpetuate the memory of incidents in the legendary history of the family, frequently representing a tutelary spirit of the founde...
Collection Area:
Printed Collections
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1914
Extent:
1 item

14. 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

15. 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

16. L.R.298.b.2, 10(344)

Reference (shelfmark):
L.R.298.b.2, 10(344)
Title:
Wedding party — Qagyuhl. Photographer: Curtis, Edward Sheriff
Scope & Content:
View at the water's edge, with the wedding party in the two canoes drawn up at the shore: 'After the wedding ceremony at the bride's village the party returns to the husband's home. The newly married pair stand on a painted "bride's seat" in the stern of the canoe, and the bridegroom's sister or...
Collection Area:
Printed Collections
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1914
Extent:
1 item

17. L.R.298.b.2, 10(345)

Reference (shelfmark):
L.R.298.b.2, 10(345)
Title:
Quatsino Sound. Photographer: Curtis, Edward Sheriff
Scope & Content:
Full-length portrait of a man standing beside his canoe at the water's edge.
Collection Area:
Printed Collections
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1914
Extent:
1 item

18. 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

19. 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

20. 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

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