King Island Eagle-Wolf Dancers (recto); Dotty Dimple and the Jewess, from "Dotty Dimple at Play," published by Lee & Shepard, Boston (verso)
The costumes worn by the individuals depicted in this drawing the typical regalia worn for the Wolf Dance by dancers from King Island, which may indicate this drawing represents one of the groups who gathered from the Bering Strait region to perform in the Messenger Feast and that the artist took ca...
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Columbia University
2019
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Online Access: | https://dx.doi.org/10.7916/d8-he0t-en52 https://dlc.library.columbia.edu/catalog/cul:4b8gtht932 |
Summary: | The costumes worn by the individuals depicted in this drawing the typical regalia worn for the Wolf Dance by dancers from King Island, which may indicate this drawing represents one of the groups who gathered from the Bering Strait region to perform in the Messenger Feast and that the artist took care to make each group distinct and recognizable. |
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