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Edward S. Curtis’s
The North American Indian

portfolio 10 plate no. 331 Qa'hila – Koprinok - photogravure plate

Portfolio plate no. 331

Title

Qa'hila - Koprino

Curtis Caption

This young chief of an almost extinct tribe resident on Quatsino sound, near the northwestern end of Vancouver island, is wearing one of the nose-ornaments formerly common among Kwakiutl nobility. The dentalium shells of which they consisted were obtained in vast numbers in certain waters of the sound. See Volume X, page 44.

Creator

Curtis, Edward S. 1868-1952

Physical Description

1 photogravure : brown ink ; 44 x 33 cm [plate size]
Original photogravure produced in Boston by John Andrew & Son

Date of Original

1914

Source

The North American Indian (1907-1930) v.10, The Kwakiutl ([Seattle] : E.S. Curtis ; [Cambridge, Mass. : The University Press], 1915), plate no. 331

Relation

Digital images of the plates supported by an award from the Library of Congress/Ameritech National Digital Library Competition, and mounted in American Memory. See http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/award98/ienhtml/curthome.html
Digital reproduction of the photomechanical print

Digital I.D.

cp10003

Rights

For educational, non-commercial use only. Written permission required for any reproduction beyond fair use. Credit: Northwestern University Library, Edward S. Curtis's "The North American Indian," 2003.
http://digital.library.northwestern.edu/curtis/

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