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Performing ArchiveMain MenuVisualizing the “Vanishing Race”: the photogravures of Edward S. CurtisFront Page for Visualizing the "Vanishing Race" pathCurtis' Image and Life: The Network of The North American Indian, Inc.An experiment with data visualization approach to understand and contextualize Curtis' images and his lifeMedia, Technology and MediationsCurtis's Technology, Relationships to Media and StyleContextualizing Curtis, The North American Indian, and Racethe collection of essays from the contributorsConsulting with Tribes as Part of Archive DevelopmentIntroduction to Consulting with Tribes by Ulia GosartContributing ArchivesInformation on how to participate in Performing ArchiveBrowsing the MediaA path of paths that allow users to cut through the collection in a variety of ways.Acknowledgements and Project InformationProject NetworkJacqueline Wernimontbce78f60db1628727fc0b905ad2512506798cac8David J. Kim18723eee6e5a79c8d8823c02b7b02cb2319ee0f1Stephan Schonberg23744229577bdc62e9a8c09d3492541be754e1efAmy Borsukc533a79d33d48cbf428e1160c2edc0b38c50db19Beatrice Schustera02047525b31e94c1336b01e99d7f4f758870500Heather Blackmored0a2bf9f2053b3c0505d20108092251fc75010bfUlia Gosart (Popova)67c984897e6357dbeeac6a13141c0defe5ef3403
12018-03-16T21:12:56-07:00Erik Loyerf862727c4b34febd6a0341bffd27f168a35aa637Keyword PathsErik Loyer1Explore the Images Through Keywordsstructured_gallery2018-03-16T21:12:57-07:00Erik Loyerf862727c4b34febd6a0341bffd27f168a35aa637
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12018-03-16T21:11:16-07:00Erik Loyerf862727c4b34febd6a0341bffd27f168a35aa637Masked dancer - Cowichan1The dancer personates one of the mythic ancestors who descended from the sky. Note the huge, carved house-post at the right.plain2018-03-16T21:11:16-07:00Erik Loyerf862727c4b34febd6a0341bffd27f168a35aa637
12018-03-16T21:12:03-07:00Erik Loyerf862727c4b34febd6a0341bffd27f168a35aa637Kotsuis and Hohhuq - Nakoaktok1These two masked performers in the winter dance represent huge, mythical birds. Kotsuis (the Nakoaktok equivalent of the Qagyuhl Kaloqutsuis) and Hohhuq are servitors in the house of the man-eating monster Pahpaqalanohsiwi. See page 160. The mandibles of these tremendous wooden masks are controlled by strings.plain2018-03-16T21:12:03-07:00Erik Loyerf862727c4b34febd6a0341bffd27f168a35aa637
12018-03-16T21:12:03-07:00Erik Loyerf862727c4b34febd6a0341bffd27f168a35aa637Coming for the bride1In the bow qunhulahl, a masked man personating the thunderbird, dances with characteristic gestures as the canoe approaches the bride's village.plain2018-03-16T21:12:03-07:00Erik Loyerf862727c4b34febd6a0341bffd27f168a35aa637
12018-03-16T21:12:06-07:00Erik Loyerf862727c4b34febd6a0341bffd27f168a35aa637Masked dancers in canoes - Qagyhl, A1Visitors approaching a village where the winter dance is in progress sometimes array themselves in their ceremonial costumes, and dance while the canoes slowly move shoreward. From left to right the dancers represent respectively Wasp, Thunderbird, and Grizzly-bear.plain2018-03-16T21:12:06-07:00Erik Loyerf862727c4b34febd6a0341bffd27f168a35aa637
12018-03-16T21:11:06-07:00Erik Loyerf862727c4b34febd6a0341bffd27f168a35aa637Masked dancers - Qagyuhl1The plate shows a group of masked and costumed performers in the winter ceremony. The chief who is holding the dance stands at the left, grasping a speaker's staff and wearing cedar-bark neck-ring and head-band and a few of the spectators are visible at the right. At the extreme left is seen a part of the painted mawihl through which the dancers emerge from the secret room; and in the centre, between the carved house-posts, is the Awaitlala hams'pek, showing three of the five mouths through which the hamatsa wriggle from the top to the bottom of the column. See page 175 and footnote.plain2018-03-16T21:11:06-07:00Erik Loyerf862727c4b34febd6a0341bffd27f168a35aa637
12018-03-16T21:12:08-07:00Erik Loyerf862727c4b34febd6a0341bffd27f168a35aa637Masked dancers in canoes - Qagyuhl, B1plain2018-03-16T21:12:08-07:00Erik Loyerf862727c4b34febd6a0341bffd27f168a35aa637
12018-03-16T21:12:11-07:00Erik Loyerf862727c4b34febd6a0341bffd27f168a35aa637Haida of Massett1The head-dress is a "dancing hat," and consists of a carved wooden mask surmounted by numerous sea-lion bristles and with many pendent strips of ermine-skin.plain2018-03-16T21:12:11-07:00Erik Loyerf862727c4b34febd6a0341bffd27f168a35aa637
12018-03-16T21:12:14-07:00Erik Loyerf862727c4b34febd6a0341bffd27f168a35aa637Hopi man1In this physiognomy we read the dominant traits of Hopi character. The eyes speak of wariness, if not downright distrust. The mouth shows great possibilities of unyielding stubbornness. Yet somewhere in this face lurks an expression of masked warmheartedness and humanity.plain2018-03-16T21:12:14-07:00Erik Loyerf862727c4b34febd6a0341bffd27f168a35aa637
