Hamatsa emerging from the woods--Koskimo,shaman,Edward S. Curtis,initiation

Title: Hamatsa emerging from the woods--Koskimo
Creator(s): Curtis, Edward S., 1868-1952, photographer
Date Created/Published: c1914 November 13.
Summary: Hamatsa shaman, three-quarter length portrait, seated on ground in front of tree, facing front, possessed by supernatural power after having spent several days in the woods as part of an initiation ritual.
Notes:
J197447 U.S. Copyright Office.
Title from item.
Curtis no. 3537.
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, v. 10, p. 172.
Subjects:
Indians of North America--British Columbia--Spiritual life--1910-1920.
Kwakiutl Indians--Spiritual life--1910-1920.
Rites & ceremonies--British Columbia--1910-1920.
Shamans--British Columbia--1910-1920.
Wreaths--British Columbia--1910-1920.
Photographic prints--1910-1920.
Portrait photographs--1910-1920.
Bookmark /2003652758/
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