Kwakiutl
Photographed by Edward S. Curtis
Copyright 1914
Hamatsa dancers are inspired by the "Cannibal Spirit", Baxbakwalanuswae. Hamatsa is the most important dance in the winter ceremonies of the Kwagiulth people of the Northwest Coast.
Kwakiutl
Photographed by Edward S. Curtis
Copyright 1914
Hamatsa dancers are inspired by the "Cannibal Spirit", Baxbakwalanuswae. Hamatsa is the most important dance in the winter ceremonies of the Kwagiulth people of the Northwest Coast.