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Entrance to Igorrote Village, Pay Streak at Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition, Seattle, 1909
Order an ImageThe Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition (AYPE) was a world's fair held in Seattle in 1909, publicizing the development of the Pacific Northwest. The fairgrounds became the campus of the University of Washington.
One of the most popular attractions at the AYPE was the "Igorrote Village," a simulated village of the Igorot (previously spelled Igorrote), a diverse group of Indigenous Peoples living in a mountainous northern area of Luzon in the Philippines. Igorot performers constructed the village themselves, and were paid to put on shows of "traditional" dances, crafts, and mock fights. In the late 19th and early 20th centuries, exhibitions of Indigenous peoples at world's fairs were common, as colonial powers used them to influence opinions about colonized peoples and show off the claimed benefits of imperialism.
Caption on image: Entrance Igorrote Village, A.Y.P. 1264 Oakes Photo Co.
Signs in image: Igorrotes: Under Inspection of the War Department U.S. Government. In A Class By Itself- Gov. John A. Johnson- of Minnesota. Needs No Boosting- P.I. A Vital Issue in Living Bronze- Times. I Could Not Leave the Exposition Without Visiting the Igorrotes. The Natives Are Highly Interesting. The Village Most Instructive- Gov. Hughes of New York.
Photographer's Reference Number: 1264
Caption information source: "Professor Jimmie Igloo and Dr. Boombang Meet the Heathens," by Josh Reid, Pacific Northwest Quarterly Vol. 101, No. 3/4, retrieved from https://www.jstor.org/stable/23059107.
Caption information source: “Colonial Ethnology and the Igorrote Village at the AYP,” by Jon Olivera, Pacific Northwest Quarterly Vol. 101., No. 3/4, retrieved from https://www.jstor.org/stable/23059109.
One of the most popular attractions at the AYPE was the "Igorrote Village," a simulated village of the Igorot (previously spelled Igorrote), a diverse group of Indigenous Peoples living in a mountainous northern area of Luzon in the Philippines. Igorot performers constructed the village themselves, and were paid to put on shows of "traditional" dances, crafts, and mock fights. In the late 19th and early 20th centuries, exhibitions of Indigenous peoples at world's fairs were common, as colonial powers used them to influence opinions about colonized peoples and show off the claimed benefits of imperialism.
Caption on image: Entrance Igorrote Village, A.Y.P. 1264 Oakes Photo Co.
Signs in image: Igorrotes: Under Inspection of the War Department U.S. Government. In A Class By Itself- Gov. John A. Johnson- of Minnesota. Needs No Boosting- P.I. A Vital Issue in Living Bronze- Times. I Could Not Leave the Exposition Without Visiting the Igorrotes. The Natives Are Highly Interesting. The Village Most Instructive- Gov. Hughes of New York.
Photographer's Reference Number: 1264
Caption information source: "Professor Jimmie Igloo and Dr. Boombang Meet the Heathens," by Josh Reid, Pacific Northwest Quarterly Vol. 101, No. 3/4, retrieved from https://www.jstor.org/stable/23059107.
Caption information source: “Colonial Ethnology and the Igorrote Village at the AYP,” by Jon Olivera, Pacific Northwest Quarterly Vol. 101., No. 3/4, retrieved from https://www.jstor.org/stable/23059109.
ID Number: 1980.7177.5.37
Date: 1909
Creator(s):
Oakes Photo Co., Photographer
Physical Description: 1 photographic postcard : b&w ; 5.5 x 3.5 in.
Credit: MOHAI, 1980.7177.5.37
Copyright: No Known Copyright