Nakoaktok chief’s daughter

Description

When the head chief of the Nakoaktok holds a potlatch (a ceremonial distribution of property to all the people), his eldest daughter is thus enthroned, symbolically supported on the heads of her slaves.

Contemporary print. Catalog date 1914. Kwakiutl / Kwakwaka'wakw Indians. SKU ECP1006. Fine art paper, luster photo paper, or canvas.