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The First People: A Tlu'wulahu Headdress postcard, 2000

 Item — Box: 55, Folder: 1
Identifier: Item 5

Scope and Contents

This headdress features a loon and the double-headed serpent, the Sisiutl. The Sisutl's body is a face. This headdress would have been worn in the ceremonial dances of the Kwakwaka'wakw people of the Northwest Coast. Photographed by Edward Curtis in 1914.

Dates

  • 2000

Language of Materials

From the Collection:

Material in English

Conditions Governing Access

No restrictions on use, except: not available through interlibrary loan.

Extent

From the Collection: 56 boxes (17.5 linear feet)

Repository Details

Part of the Utah State University, Merrill-Cazier Library, Special Collections & Archives Repository

Contact:
Merrill-Cazier Library
Utah State University
3000 Old Main Hill
Logan Utah 84322-3000 United States
435 797-8248
435 797-2880 (Fax)