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A Nakoaktok Chief's Daughter

A Nakoaktok Chief's Daughter
Kwakiutl
Photographed by Edward S. Curtis

Copyright 1914

When the head chief of the tribe holds a potlatch (a ceremonial 'giving-away" of property to all the people), his oldest daughter is enthroned, symbolically supported on the heads of her slaves.

Kwakiutl
Photographed by Edward S. Curtis

Copyright 1914

When the head chief of the tribe holds a potlatch (a ceremonial 'giving-away" of property to all the people), his oldest daughter is enthroned, symbolically supported on the heads of her slaves.

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Postcard: 4-1/4" x 6"
SKU: 255
$0.75
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