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semioticapocalypse:

Actor in a fly costume. Paris, 1865.
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semioticapocalypse:

Actor in a fly costume. Paris, 1865.

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odditiesoflife:

Ceremonial Dress of the Kwakiutl and Nootka Tribes of British Columbia, 1917

  • Man 1:  Koskimo as Hami (“dangerous thing”) during the Numhlim ceremony.
  • Man 2:  Ceremonial mask worn by a dancer portraying the hunter in Bella Bella mythology who killed the giant man-eating octopus.
  • Man 3:  Kwakiutl wearing an oversize mask and hands representing a forest spirit, Nuhlimkilaka, (“bringer of confusion”)