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Title
The seaweed gatherer
William Smith Mason Collection of Western Americana
Alternative Title
Volume 11, plate 369
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
Seaweed of the genus Porphyra is a favorite food among all the tribes of the North Pacific coast. The green, membranous fronds are gathered in the spring from tidal rocks and are pressed into flat cakes and dried.
Type
image
Format
image/jp2
Identifier
wor00283.tif
http://ccdl.claremont.edu/cdm/ref/collection/p15831coll8/id/283
Language
English
Subject
Baskets
Clothing and dress
Coasts
Seaweed
Native Americans
Photogravure
Portraits
Portrait photography
Manners and customs
Source
Photogravure, 18.25 x 22.25 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.11 plates, William Smith Mason Collection of Western Americana, Special Collections, Honnold/Mudd Library

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