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Object Number
2004.29.3503
Display Title
Hamatsa, a Quatsino medicine man
Descriptions
Object Description
Written on board: "Quatsino Indian (Wakashan) / Hamatsa - The wild Medicine man of the Quatsino (Koskimo) Tribe - Vancouver Island. / In exchange - Museum of University of Penn - Oct. 1912."
Keywords
- Ethnographic
- Ritual Figure
Subject
- Medicine man
Department
Photographic
Date
1850-1912
Culture
- Quatsino
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America
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Canada
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British Columbia
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Vancouver Island
Additional Geographic Terms
Quatsino sound?
Dimensions
Overall: 17.78 x 22.23 cm (7 x 8 3/4 in.)
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