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Object Number 2004.29.3494
Display Title Quatsino woman wearing cedar bark dress and standing in doorway
Descriptions
Object Description Written on board: "Quatsino Indian (Wakashan) / Doorway to house at Koskimo Village "Waltese" Situated near Quatsino Narrow. Indian wears cedar bark costume. Vancouver Island. In exchange - Museum of University of Penn. Oct. 1912. / [verso] Photographer: Leeson. W. Suttles 24 Mar '82"
Keywords
  • Ethnographic
  • Architectural Feature
  • Clothing and Accessory
  • People
Subject
  • Doorway
  • Bark cloth
  • Woman
Department Photographic
Date 1850-1912
Artist Ben William Leeson
Culture
  • Quatsino
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America / Canada / British Columbia / Vancouver Island / <City> / Waltese Village
Additional Geographic Terms Quatsino sound
Dimensions Overall: 18.42 x 22.86 cm (7 1/4 x 9 in.)

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