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Stereoscope photograph (black and white); group of five Tlingit(?) chiefs sitting on a wooden balcony, with the sea in the background; the chief on the far left is wearing a fur hat and a fur garment over his back; the chief second from the left is wearing an embroidered headdress with feathers, a fur cape, and has his face painted; the chief sitting in the centre is wearing a fur hat, an embroidered fur(?) jumper with tassels, face paint, is smoking a pipe, and is touching a fur garment in the centre of the group; the chief second from the right is wearing a fur hat, a woven embroidered jumper, face paint, and is smoking a pipe; the chief on the far right is wearing an embroidered hat, an embroidered fur and tassel jumper, face paint, and is holding a rattle or tambourine; Sitka, United States of America. Albumen print
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