Kingikmiut Eskimo man dancing around a whaling boat during the month of May, Cape Prince of Wales, Alaska, between 1901 and 1906

Handwritten in album: Only during the month of May do the Bow Head whale pass through Bering Straits. This month is inaugerated with many ancient superstitions, customs. [This picture shows] dancing around boat, charm of wolf head skull suspended over the boat PH Coll 49.24 Susan R. Bernardi went to...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Bernardi, Susan R.
Other Authors: University of Washington Libraries, Special Collections Division
Format: Other/Unknown Material
Language:unknown
Subjects:
Eskimos > Dance > Alaska > Prince of Wales
Cape
Eskimos > Rites & ceremonies > Alaska > Prince of Wales
Cape; Alaska Natives > Dance > Alaska > Prince of Wales
Cape; Alaska Natives > Rites & ceremonies > Alaska > Prince of Wales
Cape; Ceremonial dancers > Alaska > Prince of Wales
Cape; Whaling
Whalers (Persons) > Alaska > Prince of Wales
Whaleboats > Alaska > Prince of Wales
Cape Prince of Wales
May Cape
eskimo*
Alaska
Online Access:http://cdm16786.contentdm.oclc.org:80/cdm/ref/collection/alaskawcanada/id/2123
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Summary:Handwritten in album: Only during the month of May do the Bow Head whale pass through Bering Straits. This month is inaugerated with many ancient superstitions, customs. [This picture shows] dancing around boat, charm of wolf head skull suspended over the boat PH Coll 49.24 Susan R. Bernardi went to Kingegan, Cape Prince of Wales, Alaska, in October 1901 to teach at the U.S. Government School. She joined William T. and Ellen Lopp, of the American Missionary Association who established the school in 1890. Her photographs document many aspects of Eskimo life at Kingegan.

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