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Object Number
2004.29.3451
Display Title
Ancient moss grown Sisiutl crest.
Descriptions
Object Description
Written on board: "Kwakiutl. Wakashan. / Ancient moss grown Sisiutl Crest. Dsawadi Knights Inlet, 1913. C.F. Newcombe. / Now (1917) at Hon Robt Dunsmuris. Hatley Park, Victoria, B.C."
Keywords
- Ethnographic
- Effigy
Subject
- Totem Pole
Department
Photographic
Date
1913
Artist
Dr. Charles Frederick Newcombe
Culture
- Kwakwaka'wakw
- Wakashan
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America
/
Canada
/
British Columbia
/
Harbledown Island
/
Tsatisichnukwomi?
Additional Geographic Terms
Queen Charlotte Sound
Dimensions
Overall: 8.89 x 15.24 cm (3 1/2 x 6 in.)
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