12 results for: McCurdy, James G., 1872-1942
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West Coast style canoe with two sails, circa 1900
By the turn of the 20th century, Indigenous seafarers adapted cloth sails, usually of the sprit-rig type seen in this image. Traditional sails of woven mats and wood slats had been used prior to the arrival of Europeans, but they were replaced by cloth once the Native peoples began trading with the settlers. This photograph was probably taken in Port…
ID Number:1955.970.470.513
Date:Circa 1900
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Women shopping for baskets on the beach, Port Townsend, circa 1895
The Makah people of the northwest tip of the Olympic Peninsula refer to themselves as Kwih-dich-chuh-ahtx, which translates roughly to "the people who live by the rocks and seagulls." The early Makah were skilled mariners, using several types of canoes which they carved from western red cedar for various purposes - war, whaling, fishing, sealing, carrying cargo, and long voyages.…
ID Number:1955.970.470.546
Date:Circa 1895