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Edward S. Curtis’s
The North American Indian

portfolio 10 plate no. 337 Coming for the bride  - photogravure plate

Portfolio plate no. 337

Title

Coming for the bride

Curtis Caption

In the bow qunhulahl, a masked man personating the thunderbird, dances with characteristic gestures as the canoe approaches the bride's village.

Creator

Curtis, Edward S. 1868-1952

Physical Description

1 photogravure : brown ink ; 34 x 43 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. 337

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.

cp10009

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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