Button Blanket

Kwakwaka'wakw (formerly called Kwakiutl) people, British Columbia, Native American

Late 19th or very early 20th century

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Black and white photograph of four Native American women wearing jingle dress regalia, holding hands and gazing upward at towering trees
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