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Object Number
2004.29.3446
Display Title
Kwakwaka’wakw people leaving house with painting of tsekish sea monster
Descriptions
Object Description
Typed note on board: "No. 4. Front of house in which nos. 1 & 2 are phot'd showing tsekish of No.2. Boards are all gone now. / Photographed 1899 by Dr. C. F. Newcombe. / Tsatsichnukwomi- Denachtach Division of Kwakiutl
See other card."
Keywords
- Ethnographic
- Dwelling
- Effigy
- Painting
Subject
- House
- Mural
Department
Photographic
Date
1899-1917
Artist
Dr. Charles Frederick Newcombe
Culture
- Kwakwaka'wakw
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America
/
Canada
/
British Columbia
/
Harbledown Island
/
Tsatisichnukwomi
Additional Geographic Terms
Queen Charlotte Sound
Dimensions
Overall: 9.53 x 13.97 cm (3 3/4 x 5 1/2 in.)
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