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View of chief's house with raven's beak holding blanket fragments
View of chief's house with raven's beak holding blanket fragments
Object Number 2004.29.3438
Display Title View of chief's house with raven's beak holding blanket fragments
Descriptions
Object Description Written on board: "Kwakiutl. Wakashan."; typed note on board: "No. 24 / Gwaestums. Winter village of Kingcome Inlet People. / 24) Raven beak holding fragments of blanket which represent great numbers of blankets distributed at potlatch. / Nos. 22-25 by CFN., May, 1917. / Charles F. Newcombe, 1917."
Keywords
  • Ethnographic
  • Effigy
  • Dwelling
Subject
  • House
  • Potlatch
Department Photographic
Date May 1917
Artist Dr. Charles Frederick Newcombe
Culture
  • Kwakwaka'wakw
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America / Canada / British Columbia / <County> / Gwaestums
Materials Gelatin silver print adhered to Paperboard
Dimensions Overall: 7.62 x 10.16 cm (3 x 4 in.)

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