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Volume 11: The Nootka. The Haida

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A Nootka belle 1915 18.9 x 13.8 23 x 17 Frontispiece
Village of Nootka 1915 13.8 x 18.6 18 x22 Facing page 4
Tsahwismia (Nootka) 1915 18.8 x 12.5 23 x 16 Facing page 6
Boston Cove 1915 14.1 x 18.8 18 x 22 Facing page 8
The lake at Nootka 1915 18.8 x 13.9 23 x 17 Facing page 10
A Nootka 1915 19.2 x 13.9 24 x 17 Facing page 12
Village scene : Neah Bay 1915 14 x 19 18 x 22 Facing page 14
Makah basketry 1915 13.9 x 18.9 18 x 22 Facing page 16
On Clayoquot Sound 1915 18.7 x 13.9 23 x 17 Facing page 18
Ceremonial preparation for whaling 1915 18.9 x 13.9 23 x 17 Facing page 20
Whale ceremonial 1915 18.9 x 13.9 23 x 17 Facing page 22
Whaling floats 1915 13.7 x 18.8 18 x 22 Facing page 26
The whaler's wife 1915 18.8 x 13.1 24 x 16 Facing page 28
Fastening the harpoon point 1915 18.8 x 13.8 23 x 17 Facing page 30
A woman of Hesquiat 1915 18.3 x 13.8 23 x 17 Facing page 34
A partially cut up whale 1915 13.9 x 18.7 18 x 22 Facing page 36
A Clayoquot maiden 1915 18.7 x 13.8 23 x 17 Facing page 38
Cooking whale blubber 1915 13.8 x 18.8 18 x 22 Facing page 40
Hesquiat girl in cedar-bark costume 1915 18.8 x 13.2 24 x 16 Facing page 42
Hesquiat profile 1915 18.9 x 13.7 23 x 17 Facing page 44
Suqitlaa 1915 19 x 13.5 23 x 17 Facing page 46
Suqitlaa profile 1915 18.9 x 13.4 23 x 17 Facing page 48
A shaman or medicine woman 1915 18.8 x 14 23 x 17 Facing page 50
Costume of a woman shaman (Clayoquot) 1915 18.9 x 13.3 23 x 17 Facing page 54
Shaman and patient 1915 18.8 x 14.2 23 x 17 Facing page 56
Woman shaman looking for clairvoyant visions (Clayoquot) 1915 18.9 x 12.1 23 x 15 Facing page 58
Old houses : Neah Bay 1915 13.8 x 18.8 18 x 22 Facing page 60
Clayoquot woman in cedar-bark hat 1915 18.8 x 13.6 23 x 17 Facing page 62
A Hesquiat belle 1915 18.9 x 13.5 23 x 16 Facing page 64
A sea-otter hunter 1915 12.1 x 18.9 17 x 22 Facing page 68
Waiting for the seal 1915 14 x 18.8 18 x 22 Facing page 70
Harpooning 1915 18.9 x 13.5 23 x 17 Facing page 72
Ready to throw the harpoon 1915 13.9 x 18.6 18 x 22 Facing page 74
Halibut fishers : Neah Bay 1915 14 x 18.9 19 x 22 Facing page 76
Gathering seaweed 1915 18.9 x 13.9 23 x 17 Facing page 78
Before the storm (Makah) 1915 13.8 x 18.9 18 x 22 Facing page 80
The shores of the Nootka 1915 18.7 x 13.8 23 x 17 Facing page 82
Quiet waters 1915 18.8 x 13.9 23 x 17 Facing page 84
By the sea (Nootka) 1915 18.8 x 13.9 23 x 17 Facing page 86
Dancing Mask (Nootka) 1915 18.8 x 13.8 23 x 17 Facing page 88
Ceremonial costume of hemlock boughs 1915 19 x 11.8 23 x 15 Facing page 90
The bear costume (Nootka) 1915 19.1 x 14.1 24 x 17 Facing page 94
A Clayoquot woman 1915 18.8 x 13.6 23 x 17 Facing page 96
Gathering seaweed 1915 18.8 x 13.4 23 x 17 Facing page 98
Sketch of an Indian fish-trap [blank] [blank] 32 x 24 Facing page 100
The old Makah 1915 18.6 x 13.9 23 x 17 Facing page 102
A Makah profile 1915 18.3 x 13.8 23 x 17 Facing page 104
A Makah woman 1915 18.8 x 13.8 23 x 17 Facing page 106
The Makah 1915 18.8 x 13.8 23 x 17 Facing page 108
Nootka man 1915 18.8 x 12.9 23 x 16 Facing page 110
A woman of Nootka 1915 18.8 x 12.9 23 x 16 Facing page 112
A Haida of Kung 1915 18.9 x 13.9 23 x 17 Facing page 116
A raven totem at Yan 1915 18.8 x 13.8 23 x 17 Facing page 118
Totems at Yan 1915 18.8 x 13.8 23 x 17 Facing page 120
Totems at Kung 1915 18.8 x 14 23 x 17 Facing page 122
A bear totem at Massett 1915 18.9 x 13.9 23 x 17 Facing page 124
Totem at Yan, representing a Caucasian 1915 18.8 x 13.2 23 x 16 Facing page 126
Sepulture in a post at Yan 1915 18.8 x 13.6 23 x 17 Facing page 128
A decaying houseframe (Haida) 1915 13.8 x 18.8 23 x 17 Facing page 130
A Haida of Massett 1915 18.7 x 13.8 23 x 17 Facing page 132
Haida canoes 1915 13.8 x 18.5 18 x 22 Facing page 134
Slate carvings representing a Haida shaman 1915 18.6 x 14 23 x 17 Facing page 136
A Haida shaman's rattle 1915 14.1 x 19 19 x 23 Facing page 138
Shaman's rattle (Haida) 1915 19 x 14 23 x 17 Facing page 142
Chilkat blanket, the Haida ceremonial robe 1915 14 x 18.5 18 x 22 Facing page 144
Raven chief of Skidegate (Haida) 1915 18.8 x 13.8 23 x 17 Facing page 146
Stlina, of Massett (Haida) 1915 18.8 x 14 23 x 17 Facing page 148
Hahlkaiyans, of Massett (Haida) 1915 18.8 x 14 23 x 17 Facing page 150
Kitkun, of Massett (Haida) 1915 19 x 13.9 24 x 17 Facing page 152
A Haida girl 1915 18.9 x 13.9 23 x 17 Facing page 154
Koyans (Haida) 1915 18.5 x 13 23 x 17 Facing page 156
Ihltawat, of Massett (Haida) 1915 18 x 12.8 23 x 17 Facing page 158
Hayas, of Kayung (Haida) 1915 18.8 x 13.8 23 x 17 Facing page 160
A woman of Massett (Haida) 1915 13.8 x 18.6 16.7 x 25 Facing page 162
A woman of Kiusta (Haida) 1915 18.8 x 13.5 23 x 17 Facing page 164
Haida slate pipe 1915 13.7 x 18.6 18 x 22 Facing page 166
List of Illustrations [blank] [blank] 32 x 24 Page vii
List of Illustrations {blank] [blank] 32 x 24 Page viii
List of Illustrations [blank] [blank] 32 x 24 Page ix


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