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ARC 1176.193, George Hunt as a Hamat'sa

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BIB_ID
220329
Accession number
ARC 1176.193
Creator
Edward S. Curtis
Creator date
1868–1952
Object title
George Hunt as a Hamat'sa
Summary
George Hunt sitting on the ground examining a human skull (Kwakwaka'wakw/Kwakiutl).
Created
ca. 1910
Printed/Manufactured
United States ; ca. 1905-1910
In note
Edward S. Curtis lantern slides, 1898-1926.
Place
United States, manufacture place.
Description
1 lantern slide : photograph on glass, sepia toned ; 3 1/4 x 4 inches (lantern slide format)
Notes
Title from Aaron Glass, "A Cannibal in the Archive: Performance, Materiality, and (In)Visibility in Unpublished Edward Curtis Photographs of the Kwakwaka'wakw Hamat'sa."
Forms part of a collection of lantern slides by Curtis (ARC 1176).
Curtis neg no x 3373-11.
Classification
Department