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Series Title: The North American Indian: being a series of Portfolios picturing and describing the Indians of the United States, the Dominion of Canada, and Alaska

Portfolio X, Plate 362: Masked Dancers in Canoes - Qágyuhl

1914

Edward S. Curtis

(American, 1868–1952)
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The University Press

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Culture
America
Medium
photogravure
Credit Line
Presented by Mrs. James H. Hoyt, Elton Hoyt, II, and Mrs. Amasa Stone Mather in memory of James H. Hoyt 1995.203.30.34
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A horizontally oriented sepia photogravure depicts three canoes on rippling water. Figures with medium skin tones wear elaborate masks; birdlike shapes with elongated beaks and shaggy headpieces emerge from the vessels. To our right, a tall, dark silhouette stands in a bulky costume. The horizon line sharply divides the composition between the textured water and a vast, pale sky, while dark forms reflect in the undulating foreground.

Portfolio X, Plate 362: Masked Dancers in Canoes - Qágyuhl

1914

Edward S. Curtis, The University Press

(American, 1868–1952)
America

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