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Object Number 2004.29.3440
Display Title Pot latch figure, welcoming guests
Descriptions
Object Description Written on board: "Kwakiutl, Wakashan."; typed note on board: "No. 25 / Gwaestums. Winter Village of Kingcome Inlet People. / 25.) Potlatch figure, welcoming guests. / Nos. 22-25 by CFN., May, 1917. / C.F. Newcombe, 1917."
Keywords
  • Effigy
  • Ethnographic
Subject
  • 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
Dimensions Overall: 7.62 x 10.16 cm (3 x 4 in.)

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