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Object Number 2004.29.3563
Display Title Chief Shakes standing before his house and totem poles
Descriptions
Object Description Written on board: "Tlingit Indians (Koluschan) / Fort Wrangle / [verso] Partridge Photo circa 1886 / Chief Shakes's house, Wunugell. W. Suttles 24 Mar '82(?)"
Keywords
  • Proper Name
  • Ethnographic
  • Effigy
  • Social and Political Figure
Subject
  • Totem Pole
  • Chief
Department Photographic
Date 1886
Artist Chief Shakes
Culture
  • Tlingit
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America
Dimensions Overall: 18.42 x 23.5 cm (7 1/4 x 9 1/4 in.)

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