The Bark Gatherer

• 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; Nootka women; Hesquiaht Indians; Hesquiaht women; Bark > Harvesting; Indian; haida
• Online Access: http://cdm16118.contentdm.oclc.org/u?/p16118coll16,383

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. "These people still use large quantities of yellow-cedar bark in the manufacture of mats, and formerly this material furnished them their clothing also. The Hesquiat woman in the picture has a bulky pack of bark on her back, and in her hand is a steel-bladed adz of the primitive type." 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: 306,759,528 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.