Kotsuis and Hohhuq - Nakoaktok (The North American Indian; v.10) by Edward S. Curtis ca. 1914

Kotsuis and Hohhuq - Nakoaktok (The North American Indian; v.10) by Edward S. Curtis ca. 1914, originally uploaded by pantufla.

Kotsuis and Hohhuq - Nakoaktok (The North American Indian; v.10)

CREATOR
Curtis, Edward S., 1868-1952.

SUMMARY
Description by Edward S. Curtis: These two masked performers in the winter dance represent huge, mythical birds. Kotsuis (the Nakoaktok equivalent of the Qagyuhl Kaloqutsuis) and Hohhuq are servitors in the house of the man-eating monster Pahpaqalanohsiwi. See page 160. The mandibles of these tremendous wooden masks are controlled by strings.

NOTES
1 photogravure : brown ink ; 32 x 43 cm.

Original photogravure produced in Boston by John Andrew & Son, c1914.

Original source: The Kwakiutl [portfolio] ; plate no. 336

Seattle : E.S. Curtis, 1915.

SUBJECTS
Kwakiutl Indians.
Ceremonial dancers
Dance
Masks (costumes)
Rites & ceremonies
Pacific Northwest

OBJECT TYPE
Photomechanical print
Image

REPOSITORY
Northwestern University. Library., Evanston, Ill.

DIGITAL ID
hdl.loc.gov/loc.award/iencurt.cp10008