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Title
A mat house, Skokomish
William Smith Mason Collection of Western Americana
Alternative Title
Volume 9, plate 301
Creator
Curtis, Edward S., 1868-1952
Publication Information
E. S. Curtis (Seattle); The University Press (Cambridge, Mass)
Honnold Mudd Library. Special Collections
Contributing Institution
Claremont Colleges Library
Collection
West-ography, re-imaging the West
Rights Information
For more information on copyright or permissions for this image, please contact Honnold Mudd Library Special Collections at https://library.claremont.edu/scl/
Description
A summer house of tule mats on a framework of poles is very quickly completed. As rolls of matting are included in the equipment of every party of travellers, the means of providing shelter are never lacking. The picture affords a glimpse of Skokomish river, a scenic stream flowing into the head of Hoods canal.
Type
image
Format
image/jp2
Identifier
wor00250.tif
http://ccdl.claremont.edu/cdm/ref/collection/p15831coll8/id/250
Language
English
Subject
Washington (State)
Skokomish River, North Fork, Valley (Wash.)
Photogravure
Manners and customs
Landscapes
Landscape photography
Hood Canal (Wash.)
Dwellings
Baskets
Source
Photogravure, 22.25 x 18.25 inches: The North American Indian; being a series of volumes picturing and describing the Indians of the United States, and Alaska, 970.6 C942 vol.9 plates, William Smith Mason Collection of Western Americana, Special Collections, Honnold/Mudd Library
Relation
West-ography, re-imaging the West - https://ccdl.claremont.edu/digital/collection/p15831coll8

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