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Hamasaka in Tlu'wulahu Costume with Speaker's Staff - Qagyuhl
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Hamasaka in Tlu'wulahu Costume with Speaker's Staff - Qagyuhl

Artist (1868 - 1952)
Date1914
MediumPhotogravure
ClassificationsPrint
Credit LineCrystal Bridges Museum of American Art, Bentonville, Arkansas, 2005.28.333
Accession number 2005.28.333
DescriptionPlate 333
On View
Not on view
Provenance(William Reese Company, New Haven, CT); purchased by Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art, Bentonville, AR, 2005
Label TextHere, the principal chief of the Qagyuhl appears dressed for Tlu-wulahu, a four-day ceremony attended by a visiting nation that involves dances and gift-giving. His regalia of a button-ornamented woolen blanket, cedar bark neck ring and headband, is coupled with a rattle and carved staff, the latter of which serves as an emblem of office and is always held while giving a speech.