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Title

A Nakoaktok Chief's Daughter. When a potlatch is held the chief's eldest daughter is then enthroned symbolically supported on the heads of her slaves. [The Nakoakton is a Kwakiutl tribe on Seymour Inlet, British Columbia]. 

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Item (linked) part of

Edward Curtis's The North American Indian Collection (graphic material) (R10630-0-0-F)

Date(s)

1915

Place of creation

No place, unknown, or undetermined

Conditions of access

Graphic (photo)
90: Open
Nil
Graphic (photo)
Copy negative PA-039457
90: Open
Item no. (creator)
PF 10
Graphic (photo)
90: Open
Item no. assigned by LAC
No. 334
90: Open
Other accession no.
1966-122 NPC

Terms of use

Credit: Edward S. Curtis/Library and Archives Canada/PA-039457
Restrictions on use: Nil
Copyright: Expired

Additional name(s)

Photographer: Curtis, Edward S.
Photographer: Curtis, Edward Sheriff, 1868-1954.

Additional information

"In Curtis, E.S., The North American Indians ...,(Norwood, Mass., 1915), Vol. X, supp. PF - No. 334"

Described by the NEGNUM project.

Series title
Volume X - The North American Indians

Exhibitions note
Aboriginal Portraits; Ed Tompkins, Jeffrey Thomas; National Archives: 1996.06.18-1996.11

Subject heading

1. ABORIGINES - INDIANS.
2. TRIBES - NAKOSKTON.

Source

Private

Other system control no.

DAPDCAP509623

MIKAN no.

3549822