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Kwakiutl potlatch at Alert Bay, with view of houses & totem poles, British Columbia, September 1911.
Title
Kwakiutl
potlatch
at
Alert
Bay
, with
view
of
houses
&
totem
poles
,
British
Columbia
,
September
1911.
Photographer
Cobb
,
John
N.
Date
1911
Notes
People
are
gathered
along
a
row
of
houses
(some
with
carvings
and
totem
poles);
some
are
under
awnings
extended
from the
wall.
In the
foreground
are
rows
of
plates
, a
pile
of
blankets
and
sticks
on
ground.
A
large
group
of
men
in
suits
are
visible
behind
them.
Note
from
Cobb
field
notebook:
Potlatch
at
Alert
Bay
,
B.C.
Note
from
unidentified
source:
People
seated
in
front
of
houses
,
plates
and
blankets
lined
up
on the
street.
Same
setting
as
NA2850.
Subjects
Kwakiutl
Indians--Social
life;
Kwakiutl
Indians--Spiritual
life;
Kwakiutl
Indians--Structures;
Potlatch;
Totem
poles--British
Columbia--Alert
Bay;
Alert
Bay
(B.C.)
Location Depicted
Canada--British
Columbia--Alert
Bay
Object Type
Photographs
Negative Number
NA2852
Digital Collection
American Indians of the Pacific Northwest Images
Collection
John
N.
Cobb
Collection
no.
418
Repository
University of Washington Libraries. Special Collections Division
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Transmission Data
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