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Object Number
2004.29.3509
Display Title
Raising a new totem pole
Descriptions
Object Description
Written on board: "Quatsino Indians (Wakashan) / Raising a new totem pole. Koskimo Village, Vancouver Island. / Quatsino Indians, Koskimo dialect, Wakashan stock. / In exchange Museum of University of Pennsylvania. Oct. 1912."
Keywords
- Ethnographic
- Effigy
- Ritual
Subject
- raising
- Totem Pole
Department
Photographic
Date
1870-1912
Culture
- Quatsino
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America
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Canada
/
British Columbia
/
Vancouver Island
Additional Geographic Terms
Quatsino sound?
Dimensions
Overall: 18.42 x 19.05 cm (7 1/4 x 7 1/2 in.)
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