Dancing to restore an eclipsed moon

Edward S. Curtis • 1914 • British Columbia

Dancing to restore an eclipsed moon, British Columbia, 1914

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Several Kwakiutl people dancing in a circle around a smoking fire, in an effort to cause a sky creature, which they believe swallowed the moon, to sneeze thereby disgorging it.

1 photomechanical print : photogravure.