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12018-03-16T21:13:00-07:00Erik Loyerf862727c4b34febd6a0341bffd27f168a35aa637Tribe PathsErik Loyer1Explore the Media by Tribestructured_gallery2018-03-16T21:13:00-07:00Erik Loyerf862727c4b34febd6a0341bffd27f168a35aa637
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12018-03-16T21:12:00-07:00Erik Loyerf862727c4b34febd6a0341bffd27f168a35aa637Qa'hila - Koprino1This young chief of an almost extinct tribe resident on Quatsino sound, near the northwestern end of Vancouver island, is wearing one of the nose-ornaments formerly common among Kwakiutl nobility. The dentalium shells of which they consisted were obtained in vast numbers in certain waters of the sound. See Volume X, page 44.plain2018-03-16T21:12:00-07:00Erik Loyerf862727c4b34febd6a0341bffd27f168a35aa637
12018-03-16T21:12:02-07:00Erik Loyerf862727c4b34febd6a0341bffd27f168a35aa637Mowakiu - Tsawatenok1The Tsawatenok are an inland river tribe, depending on the sea for their sustenance much less than do most Kwakiutl tribes, and to an equal degree devoting more time to hunting and trapping in the mountains. Their territory lies along Kingcome river, at the head of the long, mainland indentation known as Kingcome inlet.plain2018-03-16T21:12:02-07:00Erik Loyerf862727c4b34febd6a0341bffd27f168a35aa637
12018-03-16T21:12:04-07:00Erik Loyerf862727c4b34febd6a0341bffd27f168a35aa637In Kwakiutl waters1In a characteristic setting is shown a fleet of the beautifully modelled Kwakiutl canoes, manned by crews in aboriginal dress.plain2018-03-16T21:12:04-07:00Erik Loyerf862727c4b34febd6a0341bffd27f168a35aa637
12018-03-16T21:12:04-07:00Erik Loyerf862727c4b34febd6a0341bffd27f168a35aa637Koskimo house-post1The huge, grotesquely carved interior supporting columns are the most striking feature of Kwakiutl houses. The figures perpetuate the memory of incidents in the legendary history of the family, frequently representing a tutelary spirit of the founder.plain2018-03-16T21:12:04-07:00Erik Loyerf862727c4b34febd6a0341bffd27f168a35aa637
12018-03-16T21:12:05-07:00Erik Loyerf862727c4b34febd6a0341bffd27f168a35aa637Kwakiutl house-frame1The two long beams in the middle are twin ridge-timbers, which are supported in the rear, as in the front, by a transverse beam resting on two uprights. At the extreme right and left are the eaves-timbers. The longitudinal and circular flutes of the columns are laboriously produced by means of a small hand-adze of primitive form. This frame is at the village Memkumlis. Another view is given in the illustration facing page 36. Kwakiutl houses are discussed on page 6.plain2018-03-16T21:12:05-07:00Erik Loyerf862727c4b34febd6a0341bffd27f168a35aa637
12018-03-16T21:12:05-07:00Erik Loyerf862727c4b34febd6a0341bffd27f168a35aa637Yakotlus - Quatsino, profile1In physique and intelligence the Quatsino seem inferior to the other Kwakiutl tribes. This plate illustrates the artificial deformation of the head, which formerly was quite general on the North Pacific coast. The process is described in Volume X, page 52.plain2018-03-16T21:12:05-07:00Erik Loyerf862727c4b34febd6a0341bffd27f168a35aa637
12018-03-16T21:12:06-07:00Erik Loyerf862727c4b34febd6a0341bffd27f168a35aa637Rounding into port - Qagyhl1The primitive Kwakiutl sail for canvas was a sheet of cedar-bark matting, and on catamarans a large, square section of thin boards was propped up against the wind. Canvas is now used. The painting on the canoe at the left represents "sisiutl", the mythical double-headed serpent. The carved figure-heads of the middle canoe and the one on the right are respectively an eagle and a bear. The bear canoe is further embellished with highly conventionalized paintings of the head, flipper and tail of a whale.plain2018-03-16T21:12:06-07:00Erik Loyerf862727c4b34febd6a0341bffd27f168a35aa637
12018-03-16T21:12:06-07:00Erik Loyerf862727c4b34febd6a0341bffd27f168a35aa637Qagyuhl village at Fort Rupert1This village of Tsahes was founded in 1849, when the tribe abandoned Kalokwis, on Turnour island, in order to be near the Hudson's Bay Company post which was then established at Fort Rupert, on Vancouver island. The heraldic column in the foreground commemorates the legendary history of a Tsimshian family. Its presence in the Kwakiutl settlement is due to the following circumstances: A party of Seattle men, cruising in Alaska, innocently removed a totem pole from what they supposed was an abandoned village, and placed it in a public square of their city. In reality the inhabitants of the Alaskan village were only temporarily absent, and when they returned and learned of the spoliation, there was a many-voiced protest, the echoes of which finally reached even Fort Rupert. Here was living a prominent member of the wronged family, the aged Tsimshian widow of a former employee of the Hudson's Bay Company. In order to wipe out the stain in the family name, she had a local carver produce a totem pole according to her description of the lost one, and cause it to be erected at the house of her eldest son's eldest son.plain2018-03-16T21:12:07-07:00Erik Loyerf862727c4b34febd6a0341bffd27f168a35aa637
12018-03-16T21:06:55-07:00Erik Loyerf862727c4b34febd6a0341bffd27f168a35aa637Devil Fish Mask - Kwakiutl1wax cylinder recording of a Kwakiutl songplain2018-03-16T21:06:55-07:00Erik Loyerf862727c4b34febd6a0341bffd27f168a35aa637
12018-03-16T21:06:56-07:00Erik Loyerf862727c4b34febd6a0341bffd27f168a35aa637Love Song - Kwakiutl1wax cylinder recording of a Kwakiutl songplain2018-03-16T21:06:56-07:00Erik Loyerf862727c4b34febd6a0341bffd27f168a35aa637
12018-03-16T21:06:56-07:00Erik Loyerf862727c4b34febd6a0341bffd27f168a35aa637Morning Song - Kwakiutl1wax cylinder recording of a Kwakiutl songplain2018-03-16T21:06:56-07:00Erik Loyerf862727c4b34febd6a0341bffd27f168a35aa637
12018-03-16T21:06:57-07:00Erik Loyerf862727c4b34febd6a0341bffd27f168a35aa637Nursery Song - Kwakiutl1wax cylinder recording of a Kwakiutl songplain2018-03-16T21:06:57-07:00Erik Loyerf862727c4b34febd6a0341bffd27f168a35aa637
