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| Title | Whaling canoe at Neah Bay, 1900 |
| Photographer | Wilse, Anders B. |
| Studio Location | United States--Washington (State)--Seattle |
| Date | 1900 |
| Notes | The Makah people of Washington's Olympic Peninsula hunted whales and other sea mammals from large seagoing canoes. The hunters harpooned the animals and kept them from sinking by attaching floats made from sealskin filled with air. This photo, taken in 1900, shows a row of Makah canoes, probably at Neah Bay. The canoe in the foreground is filled with sealskin floats.
Caption on image: "The whaling canoe" ; "Copyrighted 1900."
Norwegian-born Anders Wilse moved to Seattle in 1890 to work as a surveyor and engineer. After photographing the building of the Great Northern Railway through the Cascades and working as a cartographer, Wilse turned to commercial photography in 1897. In 1900, Wilse left for a visit to Norway and never returned. (Carolyn J. Marr, "Anders Beer Wilse: Photographer of the Pacific Northwest and Norway." Columbia 8, no. 4 (Summer 1994): 24-29.) |
| Subjects | Canoes--Makah Indians; Canoes--Washington (State)--Neah Bay; Makah Indians--Subsistence activities; Waterfronts--Washington (State)--Neah Bay; Whaling |
| Location Depicted | Washington (State)--Neah Bay |
| Object Type | Glass negatives |
| Physical Description | Glass negative; emulsion sulfiding |
| Negative Number | MOHAI 88.33.23 |
| Digital Collection | American Indians of the Pacific Northwest Images
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| Collection | Wilse Collection |
| Repository | Museum of History and Industry, Seattle
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| Ordering Information | To order a reproduction or inquire about permissions see:
http://content.lib.washington.edu/cdm4/ordering.php
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| Acquisition | Gift; acc. no. 88.33.23 |
| Restrictions | http://content.lib.washington.edu/aipnw/copyrights.html |
| Transmission Data | Image/JPEG |
