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Etching of houses, carved posts and canoes, Skidegate village.
Etching of houses, carved posts and canoes, Skidegate village.
Object Number 2004.29.3412
Display Title Etching of houses, carved posts and canoes, Skidegate village.
Descriptions
Object Description Written on board: "Haida Indians (Skittagetan) / Houses, Carved posts, and Canoes, Skidgate Village. / A village of the Haida Indians - Skidegate / Queen Charlotte Island B.C. / The box over the head with horns has a body in it. This is a Suthlin-u(?). See letter. J. Denny, Dec. 31, 1883."
Keywords
  • Effigy
  • Ethnographic
Subject
  • Totem Pole
Department Photographic
Date 1860-1880
Culture
  • Haida
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America / Canada / British Columbia / Queen Charlotte Islands / Skittag'ntan
Materials Print adhered to Paperboard
Dimensions Overall: 9.53 x 12.7 cm (3 3/4 x 5 in.)

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