Qagyuhl Collection

A chief's party-Qagyuhl, c1910. Creator: Edward Sheriff Curtis
A chief's party-Qagyuhl, c1910

Masked dancers-Qagyuhl, c1914. Creator: Edward Sheriff Curtis
Masked dancers-Qagyuhl, c1914. During the winter ceremony, Kwakiutl dancers wearing masks and costumes, crouch in foreground with others behind them

Mask of the octopus hunter-Qagyuhl, c1914. Creator: Edward Sheriff Curtis
Mask of the octopus hunter-Qagyuhl, c1914. Ceremonial mask worn by a dancer portraying the hunter in Bella Bella mythology who killed the giant man-eating octopus

Tsunukwalahl-Qagyuhl, c1914. Creator: Edward Sheriff Curtis
Tsunukwalahl-Qagyuhl, c1914. Person wearing Mask of Tsunukwalahl, a mythical being, used during the Winter Dance

Sailing-Qagyuhl, c1914. Creator: Edward Sheriff Curtis
Sailing-Qagyuhl, c1914. Three Kwakiutl people in a canoe with a single sail

Sisiutl-Qagyuhl, c1914. Creator: Edward Sheriff Curtis
Sisiutl-Qagyuhl, c1914. Sisiutl, one of the main dancers in the Winter Dance ceremonies, wearing a double-headed serpent mask and shirt made of hemlock boughs

Nane-Qagyuhl, c1914. Creator: Edward Sheriff Curtis
Nane-Qagyuhl, c1914. Man dressed in a full-body bear costume. The bear had the duty of guarding the dance house

A Tsunukwa at Kwaustums, c1914. Creator: Edward Sheriff Curtis
A Tsunukwa at Kwaustums, c1914. A Dzoonokwa (or Tsunukwa) totem pole measuring over 20 feet tall, depicting a figure with hands outstretched to receive dowry from the wife's family

Nuhlimahla-Qagyuhl, c1914. Creator: Edward Sheriff Curtis
Nuhlimahla-Qagyuhl, c1914. Person wearing ceremonial mask of the Nuhlimahla during the during the Winter Dance ceremony. These characters impersonated fools

A Tluwulahu mask-Tsawatenok, c1914. Creator: Edward Sheriff Curtis
A Tluwulahu mask-Tsawatenok, c1914. Kwakiutl man, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing front, wearing a mask depicting a loon on top of a man's head to facilitate the loon changing into the form

Paqusilahl-Qagyuhl, c1914. Creator: Edward Sheriff Curtis
Paqusilahl-Qagyuhl, c1914. Dancer representing Paqusilahl ("man of the ground embodiment"), wearing a mask and shirt covered with hemlock boughs, representing paqus, a wild man of the woods

Pgwis-Qagyuhl, c1914. Creator: Edward Sheriff Curtis
Pgwis-Qagyuhl, c1914. Kwakiutl person wearing mask of mythical creature Pgwis (man of the sea)

Hamatsa-Qagyuhl, c1914. Creator: Edward Sheriff Curtis
Hamatsa-Qagyuhl, c1914. Kwakiutl man, full-length portrait, standing, facing front

Hamasilahl-Qagyuhl, c1914. Creator: Edward Sheriff Curtis
Hamasilahl-Qagyuhl, c1914. Ceremonial dancer, full-length portrait, standing, wearing mask and a fur garments during the Winter Dance ceremony

Qagyuhl village at Fort Rupert, c1914. Creator: Edward Sheriff Curtis
Qagyuhl village at Fort Rupert, c1914. Totem pole commemorating a Tsimshian family towers over the village of Tsahes, Vancouver Island

Group of Winter Dancers-Qagyuhl, c1914. Creator: Edward Sheriff Curtis
Group of Winter Dancers-Qagyuhl, c1914. Ceremonial dancers, in a circle during the Winter Dance ceremony, wearing masks and garments of fur, feathers, and other materials

The wedding party - Qagyuhl, c1914. Creator: Edward Sheriff Curtis
The wedding party - Qagyuhl, c1914. Photograph shows Kwakwa ka wakw wedding party in two canoes at shoreline; bride and groom stand on "bride's seat" in the stern as a relative of

A Tluwulahu costume-Qagyuhl, c1914. Creator: Edward Sheriff Curtis
A Tluwulahu costume-Qagyuhl, c1914. Woman wearing a fringed Chilkat blanket, a hamatsa neckring and mask representing deceased relative who had been a shaman

Hamasaka in Tluwulahu costume with speaker's staff-Qagyuhl [principal chief], c1914. Creator: Edward Sheriff Curtis
Hamasaka in Tluwulahu costume with speaker's staff-Qagyuhl [principal chief], c1914. Hamasaka, a Kwakiutl chief, three-quarter length portrait, standing, facing front

Masked Dancers in Canoes - Qagyuhl A, 1914. Creator: Edward Sheriff Curtis
Masked Dancers in Canoes - Qagyuhl A, 1914. [Native Americans of the Kwakiutl people in the Pacific Northwest Coast of the United States]

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