Sujet
An effigy of a bowhead whale
Légende
An effigy of a bowhead whale, Eskimos believed that game was not taken by the hunter but permitted itself to be killed. Thus people went to great lengths to please spirits of animals they depended on for their own survival. The effigy would have been lashed to the boat. USA / Alaska. Eskimo.
Info+
Werner Forman Archive/ Field Museum of Natural History Chicago
Crédit
Photo12/Universal Images Group/Werner Forman
Notre référence
UMG12A27_150
Model release
Non
Licence
Droits gérés
Format disponible
26,2Mo (997,5Ko) / 29,6cm x 22,2cm / 3492 x 2620 (300dpi)