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Object Number
2004.29.3450
Display Title
Old house with totem pole, projecting bow of large canoe destroyed at potlatch
Descriptions
Object Description
Written on board: "Kwakiutl. Wakashan."; typed note on board: "No. 6.Old house with totem pole and projecting bow of large canoe destroyed at a potlatch. All disappeared now. Photo by C. F. Newcombe 1899. / Tsatsichnukwomi, Denachtach Division of Kwakiutl."
Keywords
- Ethnographic
- Effigy
- Dwelling
Subject
- House
- Totem Pole
Department
Photographic
Date
1899
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: 10.16 x 14.61 cm (4 x 5 3/4 in.)
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