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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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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