Spearing salmon — Cowichan. Photographer: Curtis, Edward Sheriff
Scope & Content:
View looking towards a fisherman in his canoe, with cabins on the bank behind and conifer-clad cliffsa rising in the background: 'The view includes the deep slope of Tsohelim mountain and a portion of the village Henipsum at the mouth of Cowichan river, Vancouver island.'
Masked dancer — Cowichan. Photographer: Curtis, Edward Sheriff
Scope & Content:
Full-length study of a masked and costumed dancer, with a wooden house behind: 'The dancer personates one of the mythic ancestors who descended from the sky. Note the huge, carved house-post at the right.'
Quamichan Lake. Photographer: Curtis, Edward Sheriff
Scope & Content:
View along the lake shore, with a woman seated in her canoe among the tule reeds in the foreground: 'On the shores of this beautiful lake, which is near Duncans, British Columbia, the Cowixhan of Vancouver island obtain their supplies of tules.'