Category: Edward Curtis
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’a’luxut tthu wool’ | Gathering Tules
A woman gathering tule on the shore. Tule was used for making mats, house-walls, capes, and sails, among other things and was predominantly a woman’s job. (Photo by Edward Curtis, c1912).
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q’e’mi’ ’i ha’kwush tthu swuqw’a’lh | Blanket Wearer
Woman wearing a beautiful mountain goat wool blanket. The photograph was taken by photographer Edward S. Curtis around 1912. Curtis took 27 photographs during his visit to the Quw’utsun’ homeland.
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