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Boas, Franz: The Kwakiutl of Vancouver Island

Boas, Franz: The Kwakiutl of Vancouver Island

Illustration of ceremonial masks from Franz Boas's The Kwakiutl of Vancouver...

The Kwakiutl of Vancouver Island, by Franz Boas, 1905

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