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Painted board and stone funerary monument
Painted board and stone funerary monument
Object Number 2004.29.3453
Display Title Painted board and stone funerary monument
Descriptions
Object Description Written on board: "Kwakiutl Indians."
Keywords
  • Ethnographic
  • Burial and Cremation
Subject
  • Funerary monument
Department Photographic
Date 1899-1917?
Artist Dr. Charles Frederick Newcombe
Culture
  • Kwakwaka'wakw
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America / Canada / British Columbia
Additional Geographic Terms Albert bay?
Materials Gelatin silver print adhered to Paperboard
Dimensions Overall: 7.62 x 12.7 cm (3 x 5 in.)

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