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Edward S. Curtis - Dancing to restore an eclipsed moon

Edward S. Curtis - Dancing to restore an eclipsed moon

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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.
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.

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Date

01/01/1914
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Contributors

Curtis, Edward S., 1868-1952, photographer
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University of British Columbia49.26728, -123.24525
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