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Object Number 2004.29.3495
Display Title Ga-la-kim, a Quatsino woman, profile
Descriptions
Object Description Written on board: "Quatsino Indian (Wakashan) / Ga-la-kim Native of Quatsino tribe, Vancouver Is. / In exchange with Museum of University of Penn"
Keywords
  • Ethnographic
  • Grooming and Body Decoration
  • Biological Anthropology
Subject
  • Deformity
  • Head
Department Photographic
Date 1850-1912
Culture
  • Quatsino
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America / Canada / British Columbia / Vancouver Island
Dimensions Overall: 17.78 x 22.86 cm (7 x 9 in.)

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