MAKE A MEME View Large Image Aglegmiut shaman in costume, Nushagak, ca 1908 (THWAITES 116).jpeg check categories 27 October 2016 2 Photograph Creator John E Thwaites Although forbidden by the Christian missionaries these masks and outsized hands were still made and ...
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Keywords: Aglegmiut shaman in costume, Nushagak, ca 1908 (THWAITES 116).jpeg check categories 27 October 2016 2 Photograph Creator John E Thwaites 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 Subjects LCTGM Shamans--Alaska--Nushagak Subjects LCSH Ceremonial objects--Alaska--Nushagak; Koniagmiut Eskimos--Clothing--Alaska--Nushagak; Koniagmiut Eskimos--Alasks--Nushagak--Rites and ceremonies; Indians of North America--Alaska--Nushagak depicted place United States--Alaska--Nushagak ca 1908 Institution University of Washington UWASH-THWAITES-source accession number thwaites 116 PD-old-auto-1923 1940 Information field Order Number THW098 Images from the John E Thwaites Photographs of Alaska Collection to check Shamans Ceremonial objects
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