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Grandfather sitting on doorsteps
Object Number 2004.29.3501
Display Title Grandfather sitting on doorsteps
Descriptions
Object Description Written on board: "Canada / Quatsino Grandfather - native of Koskimo tribe Waltesi village - Quatsino Sound - Vancouver Island / Quatsino Indians - Koskimo dialect of Kwakiutl group - Wakashan stock. / B.W. Leeson Photo, 1912"
Keywords
  • People and Family
  • Ethnographic
Subject
  • Grandfather
Department Photographic
Date 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
Materials Gelatin silver print adhered to Paperboard
Dimensions Overall: 17.78 x 22.86 cm (7 x 9 in.)

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