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Object Number 2004.29.3525
Display Title Totem pole from Ahousat, Vancouver island, being transported with rope
Descriptions
Object Description Written on board: "Wakashan / Nootka (Ahousat) / Totem pole from Ahousat, Vancouver Island, British Columbia Accession # 33-90 / Collected by B. W. Arnold / [verso] Info from collections / J. Hrivnah(?) 1987. / donor: B. W. Arnold / collector: Mayor George Nicholson, M.C. -- date: between 1910 - 1933 / Photographer & Copyright unknown."
Keywords
  • Effigy
  • Ethnographic
Subject
  • Totem Pole
Department Photographic
Date 1910-1933
Culture
  • Nootka
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America / Canada / British Columbia / Vancouver Island / Ahousat
Dimensions Overall: 11.43 x 16.51 cm (4 1/2 x 6 1/2 in.)
Provenance
Collector Mr. Benjamin W. Arnold

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