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Object Number
2004.29.3463
Display Title
Killer-whale grave board
Descriptions
Object Description
Written on board: "Kwakiutl / No. 16 / [verso] / Yilis i.e. Alert Bay. / 16.) Killer-Whale grave-board. / Photo taken by Dr. C. F. Newcombe."
Keywords
- Effigy
- Ethnographic
Subject
- Effigy
- funerary
- Whale
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
Albumen print adhered to Paperboard
Dimensions
Overall: 6.35 x 11.43 cm (2 1/2 x 4 1/2 in.)
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