File:Hamatsa shaman2.jpg

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Description "Hamatsa emerging from the woods--Koskimo" "Hamatsa shaman, three-quarter length portrait, seated on ground in front of tree, facing front, possessed by supernatural power after having spent several days in the woods as part of an initiation ritual."
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Edward S. Curtis  (1868–1952)  wikidata:Q433128
 
Edward S. Curtis
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Birth name: Edward Sheriff Curtis; Edward Curtis; E. S. Curtis; E.S. Curtis; Edward Sherriff Curtis
Description American photographer, anthropologist, explorer, film director and screenwriter
Date of birth/death 16 February 1868 Edit this at Wikidata 19 October 1952 Edit this at Wikidata
Location of birth/death Whitewater Los Angeles
Work period 1896 Edit this at Wikidata–1930 Edit this at Wikidata
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