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English: Makah Indians cutting up a whale, ca. 1910   (Wikidata search (Cirrus search) Wikidata query (SPARQL)  Create new Wikidata item based on this file)
Photographer
Asahel Curtis  (1874–1941)  wikidata:Q4803332
 
Asahel Curtis
Description American photographer
Date of birth/death 1874 Edit this at Wikidata 1941 Edit this at Wikidata
Location of birth/death Minnesota Seattle
Work period 1888 Edit this at Wikidata–1941 Edit this at Wikidata
Work location
Seattle, Washington
Authority file
creator QS:P170,Q4803332
Title
English: Makah Indians cutting up a whale, ca. 1910
Description
English: The Makah people of the Olympic Peninsula hunted whales and other sea mammals from large seagoing canoes. Eight hunters would paddle several miles offshore in search of migrating whales. If they killed one, they towed it back to the village and butchered it on the beach. The entire village turned out to divide it up. Relatives of the hunters and important members of the tribe got the best parts of the whale.

In this photo, a group of Makah people are cutting up a whale at Neah Bay. They have sliced the blubber into strips and are peeling it away from the body. Asahel Curtis took the photograph around 1910.

  • Subjects (LCTGM): Makah Indians; Whaling
Depicted place
English: Neah Bay (Wash.)
Date circa 1910
date QS:P571,+1910-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1480,Q5727902
Medium
English: 1 acetate negative: b&w
Dimensions height: 5 in (12.7 cm); width: 7 in (17.7 cm)
dimensions QS:P2048,5U218593
dimensions QS:P2049,7U218593
institution QS:P195,Q219563
Current location
Museum of History and Industry
Accession number
6882
Source
English: Museum of History and Industry
Permission
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Public domain

The author died in 1941, so this work is in the public domain in its country of origin and other countries and areas where the copyright term is the author's life plus 80 years or fewer.

This work is in the public domain in the United States because it was published (or registered with the U.S. Copyright Office) before January 1, 1929.

This file has been identified as being free of known restrictions under copyright law, including all related and neighboring rights.
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Museum of History & Industry, Seattle; All Rights Reserved

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