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Kwakiutl potlatch at Alert Bay, British Columbia, September 1911.
Kwakiutl potlatch at Alert Bay, British Columbia, September 1911.
TitleKwakiutl potlatch at Alert Bay, British Columbia, September 1911.
PhotographerCobb, John N.
Date1911
NotesMen are gathered along a row of houses (some with carvings and totem poles) under awnings extended from the wall. In the foreground are rows of plates, a pile of blankets and sticks on ground.

Note from Cobb field notebook: Potlatch at Alert Bay, B.C.

Note from unidentified source: Men seated behind china plates with money in them, blankets piled on ground. Same setting as NA2852.
SubjectsKwakiutl Indians--Social life; Kwakiutl Indians--Spiritual life; Kwakiutl Indians--Structures; Alert Bay (B.C.); Potlatch; Blankets
Location DepictedCanada--British Columbia--Alert Bay
Object TypePhotographs
Negative NumberNA2850
Digital CollectionAmerican Indians of the Pacific Northwest Images
CollectionJohn N. Cobb Collection no. 418
RepositoryUniversity of Washington Libraries. Special Collections Division
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Transmission DataImage/JPEG
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