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Chief Shakes standing before his house and totem poles
Chief Shakes standing before his house and totem poles
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
Materials Gelatin silver print adhered to Paperboard
Dimensions Overall: 18.42 x 23.5 cm (7 1/4 x 9 1/4 in.)

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