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Object Number 2004.29.3499
Display Title Chief Cas-e-lus
Descriptions
Object Description Written on board: "Quatsino Indian (Wakashan) / Late Chief Cas-e-lus of the Quatsino tribe located in Winter Harbor - Quatsino Sound, Vancouver Island. / In exchange - Museum of University of Penn - Oct. 1912."
Keywords
  • Ethnographic
  • Proper Name
  • Social and Political Figure
Subject
  • Chief
  • Portrait
Department Photographic
Date pre 1912
Culture
  • Quatsino
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America / Canada / British Columbia / Vancouver Island
Additional Geographic Terms Quatsino sound
Dimensions Overall: 17.78 x 20.32 cm (7 x 8 in.)

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