Stumanu, a Chinook flat-head boy. The Chinooks inhabited the shores of the Columbia river, near the Pacific ocean. They practised the custom of flattening the foreheads of their infants by means of a board applied to that part. Illustration from the book 'History of the Indian Tribes of North America with biographical sketches and anecdotes of the principal Chiefs', Volume 2 of 3, by Thomas Loraine, McKenney, and James Hall. Published in 1842. Painted by Charles Bird King. | |
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