Dancing to restore an eclipsed moon,Edward S. Curtis,November c1914,Kwakiutl

Title: Dancing to restore an eclipsed moon
Creator(s): Curtis, Edward S., 1868-1952, photographer
Date Created/Published: c1914 November 13.
Summary: Several Kwakiutl people dancing in a circle around a smoking fire, in an effort to cause a sky creature, which they believe swallowed the moon, to sneeze thereby disgorging it.
Notes:
J197457 U.S. Copyright Office.
Title from: The North American Indian.
Curtis no. 3602.
Forms part of: Edward S. Curtis Collection (Library of Congress).
Published in: The North American Indian / Edward S. Curtis. [Seattle, Wash.] : Edward S. Curtis, 1907-30, Suppl. v. 10, pl. 355.
Subjects:
Indians of North America--Dance--British Columbia--1910-1920.
Kwakiutl Indians--Dance--1910-1920.
Ceremonial dancers--British Columbia--1910-1920.
Campfires--1910-1920.
Dance--British Columbia--1910-1920.
Eclipses--1910-1920.
Rites & ceremonies--British Columbia--1910-1920.
Photogravures--1910-1920.
Bookmark /2003652796/
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