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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
  • Effigy
  • Ethnographic
Subject
  • Totem Pole
Department Photographic
Date 1913
Artist Dr. Charles Frederick Newcombe
Culture
  • Wakashan
  • Kwakwaka'wakw
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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