Aglegmiut shaman in costume, Nushagak, approximately 1908

Although forbidden by the Christian missionaries, these masks and outsized hands were still made and used in the early 1900s by the Aglegmiut. The photographs taken by John Thwaite are believed to be the only images of an actual shaman wearing these ceremonial costumes. Caption on image: Eskimo medi...

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Main Author: Thwaites, John E. (John Edward), 1863-1940
Other Authors: University of Washington Libraries. Manuscripts, Special Collections, University Archives Division
Format: Other/Unknown Material
Language:unknown
Published: 1908
Subjects:
Shamans > Alaska > Nushagak
Ceremonial objects > Alaska > Nushagak
Koniagmiut Eskimos > Clothing > Alaska > Nushagak
Koniagmiut Eskimos > Alaska > Nushagak > Rites and ceremonies
Indians of North America > Alaska > Nushagak
eskimo*
Alaska
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spelling ftuwashingtonlib:oai:cdm16786.contentdm.oclc.org:thwaites/116 2023-05-15T16:06:45+02:00 Aglegmiut shaman in costume, Nushagak, approximately 1908 Thwaites, John E. (John Edward), 1863-1940 University of Washington Libraries. Manuscripts, Special Collections, University Archives Division United States--Alaska--Nushagak circa 1908 Scanned from a photographic print using a Microtek Scanmaker 9600XL at 100 dpi in JPEG format at compression rate 3 and resized to 768x512 ppi. 2003. http://cdm16786.contentdm.oclc.org:80/cdm/ref/collection/thwaites/id/116 unknown John E. Thwaites Photographs THW098 University of Washington Libraries, Special Collections, [Order Number or Negative Number] THWAITES 247.180 543 http://cdm16786.contentdm.oclc.org:80/cdm/ref/collection/thwaites/id/116 http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/CNE/1.0/ For information on permissions for use and reproductions please visit UW Libraries Special Collections Use Permissions page: http://www.lib.washington.edu/specialcollections/services/permission-for-use University of Washington Libraries, Special Collections John E. Thwaites Photograph Collection. PH Coll 247 Shamans--Alaska--Nushagak Ceremonial objects--Alaska--Nushagak Koniagmiut Eskimos--Clothing--Alaska--Nushagak Koniagmiut Eskimos--Alaska--Nushagak--Rites and ceremonies Indians of North America--Alaska--Nushagak Photograph; image 1908 ftuwashingtonlib 2021-07-31T23:03:00Z Although forbidden by the Christian missionaries, these masks and outsized hands were still made and used in the early 1900s by the Aglegmiut. The photographs taken by John Thwaite are believed to be the only images of an actual shaman wearing these ceremonial costumes. Caption on image: Eskimo medicine man, Alaska PH Coll 247.180 Other/Unknown Material eskimo* Alaska University of Washington, Seattle: Digital Collections
institution Open Polar
collection University of Washington, Seattle: Digital Collections
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language unknown
topic Shamans--Alaska--Nushagak
Ceremonial objects--Alaska--Nushagak
Koniagmiut Eskimos--Clothing--Alaska--Nushagak
Koniagmiut Eskimos--Alaska--Nushagak--Rites and ceremonies
Indians of North America--Alaska--Nushagak
spellingShingle Shamans--Alaska--Nushagak
Ceremonial objects--Alaska--Nushagak
Koniagmiut Eskimos--Clothing--Alaska--Nushagak
Koniagmiut Eskimos--Alaska--Nushagak--Rites and ceremonies
Indians of North America--Alaska--Nushagak
Thwaites, John E. (John Edward), 1863-1940
Aglegmiut shaman in costume, Nushagak, approximately 1908
topic_facet Shamans--Alaska--Nushagak
Ceremonial objects--Alaska--Nushagak
Koniagmiut Eskimos--Clothing--Alaska--Nushagak
Koniagmiut Eskimos--Alaska--Nushagak--Rites and ceremonies
Indians of North America--Alaska--Nushagak
description Although forbidden by the Christian missionaries, these masks and outsized hands were still made and used in the early 1900s by the Aglegmiut. The photographs taken by John Thwaite are believed to be the only images of an actual shaman wearing these ceremonial costumes. Caption on image: Eskimo medicine man, Alaska PH Coll 247.180
author2 University of Washington Libraries. Manuscripts, Special Collections, University Archives Division
format Other/Unknown Material
author Thwaites, John E. (John Edward), 1863-1940
author_facet Thwaites, John E. (John Edward), 1863-1940
author_sort Thwaites, John E. (John Edward), 1863-1940
title Aglegmiut shaman in costume, Nushagak, approximately 1908
title_short Aglegmiut shaman in costume, Nushagak, approximately 1908
title_full Aglegmiut shaman in costume, Nushagak, approximately 1908
title_fullStr Aglegmiut shaman in costume, Nushagak, approximately 1908
title_full_unstemmed Aglegmiut shaman in costume, Nushagak, approximately 1908
title_sort aglegmiut shaman in costume, nushagak, approximately 1908
publishDate 1908
url http://cdm16786.contentdm.oclc.org:80/cdm/ref/collection/thwaites/id/116
op_coverage United States--Alaska--Nushagak
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Alaska
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Alaska
op_source University of Washington Libraries, Special Collections
John E. Thwaites Photograph Collection. PH Coll 247
op_relation John E. Thwaites Photographs
THW098
University of Washington Libraries, Special Collections, [Order Number or Negative Number]
THWAITES 247.180
543
http://cdm16786.contentdm.oclc.org:80/cdm/ref/collection/thwaites/id/116
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For information on permissions for use and reproductions please visit UW Libraries Special Collections Use Permissions page: http://www.lib.washington.edu/specialcollections/services/permission-for-use
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