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Paqusilahl--Qagyuhl – Antique Wall Art

Paqusilahl--Qagyuhl, c1914 November 13. — historic photograph
Paqusilahl--Qagyuhl, c1914 November 13.. Historic photograph from the Historic Print Archive collection.

(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)

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Step back in time with Paqusilahl--Qagyuhl, a historic photograph rich in period detail. It comes from the collections of the Library of Congress, scanned from the original and carefully restored.

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The title names Paqusilahl and Qagyuhl, two supernatural beings from Kwakwaka'wakw ceremonial life on the British Columbia coast, and the print records the masked dancers who gave them form in performance. Edward S. Curtis made the photograph around 1914 and published it in volume 10 of *The North American Indian*. His ceremonial images were shaped by his own ideas about what Native life should look like, and many were posed or staged, so they document his vision as much as the practice itself. Viewers today often look to these pictures for the masks and costumes, while Kwakwaka'wakw communities maintain their own knowledge of the ceremonies.

Created / publishedc1914 November 13.
Medium1 photographic print.
GenrePhotographic prints 1910-1920.
NotesJ197489 U.S. Copyright Office. Title from item. Curtis no. 3563. Forms part of: Edward S. Curtis Collection (Library of Congress). Published in: The North American Indian / Edward S. Curtis. [Seattle, Wash.] : Edward S. Curtis, 1907-30, v. 10, p. 166.
SubjectsIndians of North America--Spiritual life--British Columbia--1910-1920. Kwakiutl Indians--Spiritual life--1910-1920. Ceremonial dancers--British Columbia--1910-1920. Masks--British Columbia--1910-1920. Supernatural beings--1910-1920.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan1,148 × 1,536 px · prints to 4 × 5 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-128930

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