Actor in a fly costume. Paris, 1865.
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Sleeping Lovers
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”)