IDNO

P.8447.ACH1

Description

On Catalogue Card: “Thunder, ‘siootl’. This is how he appeared to four men on a certain mountain about 300 years ago. The mask is of wood surmounted with twigs on which eagle down is scattered, this is always blown over a dancer which explains its presence on the blanket. The slats are wood. He is carrying a thunder-maker.” [typed text]

Place

N America; Canada; British Columbia; Bella Coola

Cultural Affliation

Northwest Coast Indian; Salishan; ?Coast Salish; ?Nuxalk [historically Bella Coola]

Named Person

Photographer

McIllwraith, Thomas F.

Collector / Expedition

Haddon, Alfred Cort; McIllwraith, Thomas F.

Date

Collection Name

Mounted Haddon Collection

Source

Haddon, Alfred Cort (Dr)McIllwraith, Thomas F.

Format

Print Black & White Mounted

Primary Documentation

Other Information

Place: Presumed to be Bella Coola as the previous photographs in this series belong to this group.