p8393

ARTIST: Frederick Whymper (U.K., 1838-1901) (drawing)

TITLE OF WORK: Sketches from Alaska : Indian dance at Unalachleet, Norton Sound

TYPE OF WORK: Print, woodcut

DATE: 1844

DIMENSIONS: 15.1 x 23.5 cm

COMMENTS: From the accompanying text : Indians from the country lately called Russian America, the peninsula opposite Kamtschatka, on the east side of Behring Strait, which has now become a territory of the Uni

LOCALITY OF REFERENCE: U.S.A., U.K., Alaska

DANCE FORM: traditional, round