Chief Shakes and another Nanya’a’yi chief in dance costumes, Wrangell (Southeast Alaska),1895.
The man in the doorway wears a complete brown bear skin. Chief Shakes wears the “bear’s ears” headdress and a tunic ornamented with halitosis shell to represent bear’s head, and holds the “Killerwhale Cane”.
Unknown photographer
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