Tlingit potlatch dancers in costume at potlatch, Klukwan, Alaska, 1898

• Main Author: Hegg, Eric A., 1867-1948
• Other Authors: University of Washington Libraries
• Format: Other/Unknown Material
• Language: unknown
• Subjects: Group portraits > Alaska; Tlingit Indians > Dance; Tlingit Indians > Spiritual life; Tlingit Indians > Social life; Potlatch; Hegg; tlingit; Alaska
• Online Access: http://cdm16786.contentdm.oclc.org:80/cdm/ref/collection/loc/id/1320; http://content.lib.washington.edu/cgi-bin/htmlview.exe?CISOROOT=/loc&CISOPTR=1320

Men in beaded and embroidered shirts, hats and headdresses, ca. 1897-1900. They have painted faces, hold feathers or carved staffs, and several wear noserings. Behind them is a tent and a carved poles. Caption on image: 602. Costumes worn at potlatch, Klukwan, Alaska. E. A. Hegg