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Object Number 2004.29.3442
Display Title General view, Tskish crest on chief's house
Descriptions
Object Description Written on board: "Kwakiutl, Wakashan"; typed note on board: "No. 21 / Gwaestums. Winter village of Kingcome Inlet People. / 21) General view, takish crest on chief's house. CFN, '99."
Keywords
  • Ethnographic
  • Dwelling
  • Rural Settlement
Subject
  • Village
  • House
Department Photographic
Date 1899
Artist Dr. Charles Frederick Newcombe
Culture
  • Kwakwaka'wakw
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America / Canada / British Columbia / <County> / Gwaestums
Dimensions Overall: 8.26 x 12.7 cm (3 1/4 x 5 in.)

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