Scanned from a later print from the 1914 original
Titled "The Wedding Party - Qagyuhl" From a series of photographs depicting the social life and customs of the Kwakiutl First Nation on the north eastern shores of Vancouver Island
"After the wedding ceremony at the bride's village the party returns to the husband's home. The newly married pair stand on a painted "bride's seat" in the stern of the canoe, and the bridegroom's sister or other relative, dances on a platform in the bow, while the men sing and rhythmically thump the canoes with the handles of their paddles."
Photo by Edward S Curtis (1868 - 1962)