Northwest History. Alaska. Eskimos.

Eskimo Can't Dance With His Girl Friend. ESKIMO CAN'T DANCE WITH HIS GIRL FRIEND BARROW, Alaska, Oct. 16. (/P)— The opposite sexes do not dance together in native Eskimo dances. Another custom is that only relatives may dance at one time and each participant dances by himself. The "fl...

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Format: Text
Language:English
Published: 1937
Subjects:
Eskimo
Barrow
Alaska
native Eskimo dance
custom
walrus skin
musical instrument
whale's stomach
Northwest
Pacific > History > 20th century
Arctic
Pacific
eskimo*
walrus*
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spelling ftwashstatelib:oai:content.libraries.wsu.edu:clipping/91086 2023-05-15T15:01:19+02:00 Northwest History. Alaska. Eskimos. Spokesman Review 1937-10-16 Eskimo Can't Dance With His Girl Friend. 1937-10-16 http://content.libraries.wsu.edu/cdm/ref/collection/clipping/id/91086 English eng nwh-sh-8-7-111 nwh-sh-8-7-112 (duplicate) http://content.libraries.wsu.edu/cdm/ref/collection/clipping/id/91086 http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/CNE/1.0 Copyright not evaluated. Contact original newspaper publisher for copyright information. Northwest History. Alaska. Box 8 Eskimo Barrow Alaska native Eskimo dance custom walrus skin musical instrument whale's stomach Northwest Pacific -- History -- 20th century Text Clippings 1937 ftwashstatelib 2021-07-26T19:18:29Z Eskimo Can't Dance With His Girl Friend. ESKIMO CAN'T DANCE WITH HIS GIRL FRIEND BARROW, Alaska, Oct. 16. (/P)— The opposite sexes do not dance together in native Eskimo dances. Another custom is that only relatives may dance at one time and each participant dances by himself. The "floor," on occasions during the short arctic summer when such celebrations are held outdoors, may be pieces of walrus skin sewed together and laid on the sand. The musical instrument is something like the top of a drum, made from the lining of a whale's stomach. Text Arctic Barrow eskimo* Alaska walrus* Washington State University: WSU Libraries Digital Collections Arctic Pacific
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topic Eskimo
Barrow
Alaska
native Eskimo dance
custom
walrus skin
musical instrument
whale's stomach
Northwest
Pacific -- History -- 20th century
spellingShingle Eskimo
Barrow
Alaska
native Eskimo dance
custom
walrus skin
musical instrument
whale's stomach
Northwest
Pacific -- History -- 20th century
Northwest History. Alaska. Eskimos.
topic_facet Eskimo
Barrow
Alaska
native Eskimo dance
custom
walrus skin
musical instrument
whale's stomach
Northwest
Pacific -- History -- 20th century
description Eskimo Can't Dance With His Girl Friend. ESKIMO CAN'T DANCE WITH HIS GIRL FRIEND BARROW, Alaska, Oct. 16. (/P)— The opposite sexes do not dance together in native Eskimo dances. Another custom is that only relatives may dance at one time and each participant dances by himself. The "floor," on occasions during the short arctic summer when such celebrations are held outdoors, may be pieces of walrus skin sewed together and laid on the sand. The musical instrument is something like the top of a drum, made from the lining of a whale's stomach.
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title_short Northwest History. Alaska. Eskimos.
title_full Northwest History. Alaska. Eskimos.
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title_sort northwest history. alaska. eskimos.
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Pacific
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Pacific
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Barrow
eskimo*
Alaska
walrus*
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Barrow
eskimo*
Alaska
walrus*
op_source Northwest History. Alaska. Box 8
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Copyright not evaluated. Contact original newspaper publisher for copyright information.
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