Portfolio plate no. 351
Title
Masked dancers in canoes - Qagyhl, A
Curtis Caption
Visitors approaching a village where the winter dance is in progress sometimes array themselves in their ceremonial costumes, and dance while the canoes slowly move shoreward. From left to right the dancers represent respectively Wasp, Thunderbird, and Grizzly-bear.
Creator
Curtis, Edward S. 1868-1952
Physical Description
1 photogravure : brown ink ; 35 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. 351
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.
cp10023
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/
