Ceremony, Tsetsaeqa (Winter Ceremonial), Hamatsa Cannibal Dance
Object Details
- 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
- 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
- Topic
- Kwakiutl (Kwakwaka'wakw)
- Creator
- Curtis, Natalie
- Culture
- Kwakwaka'wakw (Kwakiutl)
- Indians of North America -- Northwest Coast of North America
- See more items in
- Photographs of Native Americans and Other Subjects
- 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
- Citation
- Photo Lot 24 SPC Nwc Kwakiutl NM No # Curtis 00073900, National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
- Genre/Form
- Photographs
- Scope and Contents
- Two Men Dancers in Costume; Bob (Left) Represents Bachbakwallan- Uxiwa, Mythical Bird of Prey, Charles James Norce (Right),(Mixed Blood)
- Record ID
- ebl-1628133031454-1628133033979-0
- Metadata Usage
- CC0
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