Image: Incident-Winter-Dance

Description: Kwakwaka'wakw people, acting in the Edward Curtis film, "In the Land of the Head Hunters" recreating the Tuxwid (warrior) ceremony [Curtis inaccurately labeled it as the nunhlim ceremony], the four days prior to the Winter Dance (Tseka). The Tuxwid warriors demonstrate supernatural powers granted by Winalagalis/Sisiutl by summoning Dantsikw power boards from underground & returning them. This commemorates Winalagalis' subterranean canoe.
Title: Incident-Winter-Dance
Credit: http://www.old-picture.com
Author: Edward S. Curtis
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