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Flat-head woman and child
Flat-head woman and child
TitleFlat-head woman and child
Date1859
NotesFrom: Kane, Paul. Wanderings of an Artist Among the Indians of North America. London: Longman, Brown, Green, Longmans, and Roberts, 1859. Plate 10

Relating to diary entry March 30th. Sketch #10. "Sketch No. 10 is Caw-wacham, a woman of the tribe [Cowlitz], with her child under the process of having its head flattened. It was with some difficulty that I persuaded her to sit, as she seem apprehensive that it would be injurious to her." From Wanderings.

Printed below image: Flat-head woman and child. Paul Kane, del. Vicent Brooks, lith.
Subjects (LCTGM)Drawings
Subjects (LCSH)Indian women--Washington (State); Indian children--Washington (State); Salish Indians--Washington (State)
ConceptsNative Americans
Original art
Location DepictedUnited States--Washington (State)
Digital CollectionSociety and Culture Collection
Order NumberSOC0878
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RepositoryUniversity of Washington Libraries, Special Collection Division
Object TypePrint
Digital Reproduction InformationScanned in RGB color using a Canon EOS Digital Rebel XTi camera and saved in .jpg format and resized to 768x600 ppi. 2007
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