Tlingit men, women & child under lean-to, Lituya Bay, Alaska, in engraving made 1786
Photograph of engraving of group under shelter made from roped together planks; women wear fur cloaks over wrap-around tunics, labrets & earrings, men have cloaks over tunics and hats, child (holding mirror, beads & cloth) wears a fur tunic. In foreground is man wearing feathers in his hair,...
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| Summary: | Photograph of engraving of group under shelter made from roped together planks; women wear fur cloaks over wrap-around tunics, labrets & earrings, men have cloaks over tunics and hats, child (holding mirror, beads & cloth) wears a fur tunic. In foreground is man wearing feathers in his hair, fringed leathers & holding a rifle. Caption says clothing of the inhabitants of Port of France on the Northwest Coast of America Image from Jean-Francois de Galaup La Perouse's Voyage de La Perouse autour du monde, Atlas, 1797, no. 23 Caption on image: Costume des habitans de Port des Francais, sur la Cote du Nord-Ouest de l'Amerique |
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