Masked Dancers – Qagyuhl, 1914

Description

Photogravure Plate 358  – Portfolio X.
Gampi Japanese Tissue
Condition: Minor rippling on Gampi Tissue righthand corner.

A powerful ceremonial scene, the image captures masked dancers of the Kwakwaka’wakw (Qa’gyuhl) people in full regalia,
arranged before monumental carved poles—an extraordinary example of Curtis’s ability to convey ritual, movement,and presence
within a single, formally composed frame.