Description
The girl wears the cedar-bark ornaments that are tied to the hair of virgins on the fifth morning of their puberty ceremony, as described in Volume XI, page 42. The fact that the girl who posed for this picture was the prospective mother of an illegitimate child caused considerable amusement to the native onlookers and to herself.
Contemporary print. Catalog date 1915. Nuu-chah-nulth / Nootka Indians. SKU ECP1115. Fine art paper, luster photo paper, or canvas.
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