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Double-headed serpent crest on grave board now rotted away
Double-headed serpent crest on grave board now rotted away
Object Number 2004.29.3459
Display Title Double-headed serpent crest on grave board now rotted away
Descriptions
Object Description Written on board: "Kwakiutl. / No. 15 / [verso] Yilis. i.e. Alert Bay. / 15) Double-headed Serpent crest on grave board. (CFN., 1899. Now rotted away; no trace.) Cf. Mask no. 95. / Photos taken by Dr. C.F. Newcombe."
Keywords
  • Ethnographic
  • Burial and Cremation
  • Effigy
Subject
  • Funerary monument
  • Serpent
  • funerary
Department Photographic
Date 1899
Artist Dr. Charles Frederick Newcombe
Culture
  • Kwakwaka'wakw
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America / Canada / British Columbia
Additional Geographic Terms Albert bay; yilis
Materials Gelatin silver print adhered to Paperboard
Dimensions Overall: 6.35 x 12.7 cm (2 1/2 x 5 in.)

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