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. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Sasso from Giulio Ferrario's Ancient and Modern Costumes of all the Peoples of the World, Florence, Italy, 1837

Beams Communal Dried Ferrario Giulio Nootka Sasso Smoked Totem Villagers

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