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Object Number
15-36-10/100566.1.7
Display Title
Thompson River Indian (Salishan) woman "KulumtinEk" in costume, near Spences Bridge
Descriptions
Object Description
Written on board: "Thompson Indians (Salishan) / Thompson River woman in costume. Spences Bridge 1913. / Collected by J. A. Teit - 1913 and 1914."; From Tepper, 1987: "KulumtinEk in Costume / J.A. Teit 1913 / Front view of upper body of seated women. Costume: dress of / buckskin fringed and ornamented with dentalia and beads, necklace / representing "snake." Buckskin cap, fringed and with beads and / dentalia. Small yellow hammer ?) skin in front."
Keywords
- People and Family
- Ethnographic
Subject
- Woman
Department
Photographic
Date
1913
Artist
James A. Teit
Culture
- Thompson
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America
/
Canada
/
British Columbia
Additional Geographic Terms
Spences Bridge, near
Dimensions
Overall: 7.62 x 12.7 cm (3 x 5 in.)
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