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Object Number
2004.29.3455
Display Title
Crests of the gigilkem division of the Nimpkish tribe. Totem pole.
Descriptions
Object Description
Written on board: "Kwakiutl Indians. / Totem Pole, Alert Bay, BC. / Crests of the Gigilkem division of the Nimpkish tribe."
Keywords
- Ethnographic
- Effigy
Subject
- Totem Pole
Department
Photographic
Date
1899-1917
Artist
Dr. Charles Frederick Newcombe
Culture
- Kwakwaka'wakw
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America
/
Canada
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British Columbia
Additional Geographic Terms
Albert bay
Dimensions
Overall: 7.62 x 12.7 cm (3 x 5 in.)
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PrimaryMedia | Object Number | Title | Classification | Geography/Provenience | SHARE |
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| 2004.29.3452 | Sisiutl crest and totem pole |
Tsatisichnukwomi
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| 2004.29.3458 | Totem pole in front of building |
British Columbia
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| 2004.29.3456 | Two totem poles flanking entrance to building. |
British Columbia
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| 2004.29.3450 | Old house with totem pole, projecting bow of large canoe destroyed at potlatch |
Tsatisichnukwomi
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| 2004.24.16240 | Gold crests for Headresses |
Sitio Conte
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| 27-59-70/D2887.11 | Sculpture, wood, 3 crests, perforated, feather and fiber fringe, seed and pigmen |
Sculpture
|
Papua New Guinea
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| 27-59-70/D2887.9 | Sculpture, wood, two crests, fiber and feather fringe, seed and pigment decor |
Sculpture
|
Papua New Guinea
| |
| 2004.29.3462 | Totem pole in village setting |
British Columbia
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| 2004.29.3460 | Two totem poles in village setting |
British Columbia
| ||
| 2004.29.3464 | Totem poles in village setting |
British Columbia
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| 2004.29.3466 | Totem pole with many birds on river inlet. |
British Columbia
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| 2004.29.3454 | Totem pole |
British Columbia
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