CHAPTER VII: POST 1897 AFTERLIVES
Generations of a Hamat’sa
The figure of a crouching Hamat̕sa initiate followed a path similar to that of the larger life group. An 1893 photograph of Chicago Jim provided the basis for a detailed drawing in Franz Boas’s unpublished report on the fair’s Anthropology Department. He adapted this drawing for figure 62 in the book, which in turn was used to create a mannequin at the Field Museum (dressed in the exact regalia worn by Chicago Jim at the fair).
Image credits:
- Chicago Jim performing a Hamat̕sa at the 1893 World’s Columbian Exposition. Courtesy of the Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology, Harvard University, PM# 93-1-10/100266.1.36.
- Drawing in Boas’s final report on his activities at the 1893 fair. Courtesy of the Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology, Harvard University, PM# 38-22-00/1.8.6.1.
- Figure 62 as published in the 1897 book.
- Mannequin at the Field Museum, ca. 1903. (c) The Field Museum, Image No. CSA8149, photographer Charles Carpenter.
