Tlingit woman named Kaw-Claa wearing her potlatch dancing costume, Alaska, 1906

Studio portrait of Kaw-Claa, a Tlingit woman in her potlatch dance costume. Her face is painted and she wears a bone nose ring, on her head is a bearclaw headdress; her shirt is beaded and embroidered. Copy print by Frank H. Nowell of a photograph by W. H. Case and H. H. Draper. Caption on image: Ka...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Nowell, Frank H., 1864-1950, Case, W. H. (William Howard), 1868-1920 Draper, H. H.
Other Authors: University of Washington Libraries
Format: Other/Unknown Material
Language:unknown
Subjects:
Kaw-Claa > Associated objects
Portraits > Alaska
Tlingit Indians > Clothing & dress > Alaska
Tlingit Indians > Dance > Alaska
Tlingit Indians > Spiritual life > Alaska
Draper
tlingit
Alaska
Online Access:http://cdm16786.contentdm.oclc.org:80/cdm/ref/collection/loc/id/1206
http://content.lib.washington.edu/cgi-bin/htmlview.exe?CISOROOT=/loc&CISOPTR=1206
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Summary:Studio portrait of Kaw-Claa, a Tlingit woman in her potlatch dance costume. Her face is painted and she wears a bone nose ring, on her head is a bearclaw headdress; her shirt is beaded and embroidered. Copy print by Frank H. Nowell of a photograph by W. H. Case and H. H. Draper. Caption on image: Kaw-Claa. Thlinket native woman in full potlatch dancing costume, copyright 1906 by Case & Draper

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