Kwakiutl Indians Counting Blankets

ID: SIA Acc. 11-006 [MAH-3921]

Creator: Hastings, Oregon Columbus

Form/Genre: Glass negatives

Date: 1894

Citation: Smithsonian Institution Archives, Acc. 11-006, Box 011, Image No. MAH-3921

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Summary

Kwakiutl Indians counting blankets to be distributed at a potlatch ceremony at Fort Rupert, Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada, during the winter ceremonial season, known as Tsetseka.

Subject

  • Boas, Franz 1858-1942
  • United States National Museum

Notes

Taken during an expedition led by anthropologist Franz Boas to study the culture of the Kwakiutl, indigenous people of the Pacific Northwest.

Cite as

Smithsonian Institution Archives, Acc. 11-006, Box 011, Image No. MAH-3921

Repository Loc.

Smithsonian Institution Archives Capital Gallery, Suite 3000, MRC 507; 600 Maryland Avenue, SW; Washington, DC 20024-2520

Date

1894

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Topic

  • Historians
  • Ethnology
  • Expeditions
  • Kwakiutl Indians
  • Indians of North America
  • Ethnological expeditions

Place

Vancouver Island (B.C.)

Form/Genre

Glass negatives

Local number

SIA Acc. 11-006 [MAH-3921]

Physical description

5 x 7;

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