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Nepsilim Girl, 2018

 Item — Folder: 1, Item: 17

Scope and Contents

Curtis Caption: In the early years of the nineteenth century various explorers noted that the bands dwelling along the upper course of the Columbia, among which the Nespilim were included, wore practically no clothing. Excepting as the cold made some protection necessary. The hair of the women was arranged in two knots at the sides of the face ? a method of hairdressing still in vogue among the Salish on Fraser river. Prior to the middle of the century the use of deerskin garments had become common, and gradually other customs such as the style of hairdressing here illustrated, were borrowed from the tribes east of the Rocky mountains 20x24" photogravure, brown ink, reprint from the 1905 Curtis original. Published in The North American Indian vol 7.

Dates

  • Creation: 2018

Conditions Governing Access

Collection is open for research.

Extent

From the Collection: 28 photographs (Single large folder. Located in flat file storage.)

Language of Materials

English

Repository Details

Part of the Lewis & Clark College, Special Collections and Archives Repository

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