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Object Number 2004.29.3427
Display Title Graves
Descriptions
Object Description Written on board: "Haida Indians (Skittagetan) / Graves, Skiddegate / Queen Charlotte Island."
Keywords
  • Burial and Cremation
  • Ethnographic
Subject
  • Grave
Department Photographic
Date 1850-1899
Culture
  • Haida
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America / Canada / British Columbia / Graham Island / Skidegate
Dimensions Overall: 18.42 x 23.5 cm (7 1/4 x 9 1/4 in.)

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