A Nootka Man

• Main Author: Curtis, Edward S., 1868-1952
• Other Authors: John Andrew & Son
• Format: Still Image
• Language: English
• Published: 1915
• Subjects: Indians of North America > British Columbia; Nootka Indians; Indian; haida
• Online Access: http://cdm16118.contentdm.oclc.org/u?/p16118coll16,216

In 1906, Edward S. Curtis received funding from J.P. Morgan to begin work on "The North American Indian," a twenty volume set of photographs and text documenting Native American tribes throughout the western United States. The eleventh volume, featuring the Nootka, Clayoquot and Haida tribes, was published in 1916. "It is commonly believed that the facial hair of many North Coast natives is proof of intermingled Caucasian blood; but that such is not the case is conclusively proved by the statement of Captain Cook, who in 1778 observed that "some of them, and particularly the old men, have not only considerable beards all over the chin, but whiskers and mustachios."" Harriet Bullitt Master images photographed at 300 ppi, 48 bit color, and saved as TIFF files. Adobe Photoshop used to crop, resize and convert to JPEG format. Master image file size: 306,758,840 bytes. Published No Copyright - United States This item was published prior to 1923 and is in the public domain. No known copyright restrictions identified by the library at the time of scanning in March 2018.