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Nootka Collection

Background imageNootka Collection: Animals / Seals

Animals / Seals
The Seaotter found in Nootka found on the Northwest Coast of America

Background imageNootka Collection: Nuu-chah-nulth (Nutka) culture

Nuu-chah-nulth (Nutka) culture. Indigenous peoples of the Pacific Northwest Coast in Canada. Hat made of vegetable fiber. Last third of the 18th century. Vancouver Island, Canada

Background imageNootka Collection: Scenes from the West Indies

Scenes from the West Indies
Overseer whipping slaves on a sugar cane plantation in Jamaica 37, free man and woman of Jamaica in their finery 38, and King Henri Christophe of Haiti in 1807 39

Background imageNootka Collection: Native Americans of the Northwest

Native Americans of the Northwest
Chugach man of Prince Williams Sound in conical decorated hat, nose ornament, and labrets of walrus ivory in his lower lip

Background imageNootka Collection: Lupine or Lupinus species

Lupine or Lupinus species
Large-leaved lupine, Lupinus macrophyllus, channel-leaved lupine, L. canaliculatus, tree lupine, L. arboreus, Nootka Sound lupine, L. nootkatensis, parti-coloured lupine, L

Background imageNootka Collection: Rufous hummingbird, Selasphorus rufus

Rufous hummingbird, Selasphorus rufus (Ruff-necked or nootka humming-bird, Trochilus rufus). Handcoloured steel engraving by William Lizars from Sir William Jardines Naturalists Library: Ornithology

Background imageNootka Collection: Interior of a large communal house in Nootka Sound

Interior of a large communal house in Nootka Sound, with villagers smoking and drying fish, sleeping and caring for children. The beams are decorated with large totemic faces

Background imageNootka Collection: Village scene of the Native Americans of Nootka Sound

Village scene of the Native Americans of Nootka Sound
Native Americans of Nootka Sound bringing kayaks and fishing boats to shore in front of large houses of cedar wood. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from Giulio Ferrarios Ancient

Background imageNootka Collection: Native Americans of Nootka

Native Americans of Nootka. Nootka man with tattooed brow and nose ring, men and women in woven hats, animal-skin cloaks, earrings and facial piercings, and baby in papoose

Background imageNootka Collection: Native American village on the banks of the Nootka Sound

Native American village on the banks of the Nootka Sound, with totem pole, farms, and fishing boats. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Sasso from Giulio Ferrarios Ancient

Background imageNootka Collection: Natives of Nootka Sound, Vancouver Island, Canada

Natives of Nootka Sound, Vancouver Island, Canada, visited by Captain Cooks expedition. Date: circa 1770s

Background imageNootka Collection: Scrap, Peoples of the World - North American Nootka Sound

Scrap, Peoples of the World - North American Nootka Sound
Scrap, Peoples of the World - Native North American Nootka Sound, Vancouver Island. 19th century

Background imageNootka Collection: Rufous or Nootka, Selasphorus rufus, and black-throated

Rufous or Nootka, Selasphorus rufus, and black-throated mango hummingbird, Anthracothorax mango.. Hand-colored steel engraving from H. G. Adams Hummingbirds 1856

Background imageNootka Collection: Canada Nootka Sound

Canada Nootka Sound
Habitations of Native Canadians in Nootka Sound, on Vancouver Island. Date: circa 1770

Background imageNootka Collection: The Spanish insult to the British flag at Nootka Sound

The Spanish insult to the British flag at Nootka Sound

Background imageNootka Collection: Eskimos Brit Columbia

Eskimos Brit Columbia
People of Nootka Sound, British Columbia (Canada) in their home : cured fish hang from the roof and more are being smoked. Cook visited them in 1778


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