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Thunderbird headdress identified by its down turned beak and feathered horns
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Thunderbird headdress identified by its down turned beak and feathered horns, The thunderbird appears in the sacred Tsayeka or red cedarbark dance series. It was thought to cause thunder when it flapped its wings and lightning when it flashed its eyes. Northwest Coast of America, Kwakiutl. collected 1920 at Alert bay.
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Werner Forman Archive/ Museum of Anthropology, University of British Columbia, Vancouver
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Photo12/Universal Images Group/Werner Forman
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UMG12A29_135
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Non
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Droits gérés
Format disponible
36,6Mo (1,2Mo) / 30,5cm x 30,1cm / 3598 x 3552 (300dpi)