Hesquiat root digger

Description

Nootka women very commonly wore bark cape folded over the head, to protect the forehead from the tump-line, when carrying the burden-basket. The proper use of the cape was to shed rain.

Contemporary print. Catalog date 1915. Nuu-chah-nulth / Nootka Indians. SKU ECP1103. Fine art paper, luster photo paper, or canvas.