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English: Whaling canoes at Neah Bay, 1900   (Wikidata search (Cirrus search) Wikidata query (SPARQL)  Create new Wikidata item based on this file)
Photographer
Anders Beer Wilse  (1865–1949)  wikidata:Q144339
 
Anders Beer Wilse
Description Norwegian photographer
father of Robert Charles Wilse
Date of birth/death 12 June 1865 Edit this at Wikidata 21 February 1949 Edit this at Wikidata
Location of birth/death Flekkefjord Municipality Oslo
Work period 1900–49
Work location
Kristiania (Oslo), Kragerø, Seattle
Authority file
creator QS:P170,Q144339
Title
English: Whaling canoes at Neah Bay, 1900
Description
English: The Makah people of the Olympic Peninsula hunted whales and other sea mammals from large seagoing canoes. The hunters harpooned the animals and kept them from sinking by attaching floats made from sealskin filled with air. This photo, taken by Anders B. Wilse in 1900, shows a row of Makah canoes at Neah Bay. The canoe in the foreground is filled with sealskin floats.
  • Subjects (LCTGM): Canoes; Makah Indians; Whaling
Depicted place
English: Neah Bay (Wash.)
Date 1900
date QS:P571,+1900-00-00T00:00:00Z/9
Medium
English: 1 glass negative: b&w
Dimensions height: 6.5 in (16.5 cm); width: 8.5 in (21.5 cm)
dimensions QS:P2048,6.5U218593
dimensions QS:P2049,8.5U218593
institution QS:P195,Q219563
Current location
Museum of History and Industry
Accession number
6405
Source
English: Museum of History and Industry
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The author died in 1949, 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 70 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.

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Anders Beer Wilse Photographs, Museum of History & Industry, Seattle; All Rights Reserved

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