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Totem poles in village setting
Object Number 2004.29.3464
Display Title Totem poles in village setting
Descriptions
Object Description Written on board: "Kwakiutl / No. 12 / [verso] Yilis i.e. Alert Bay. / 9 to 13.) Totem poles, beginning at east end of village. / Photo taken by Dr. C. F. Newcombe."
Keywords
  • Ethnographic
  • Effigy
Subject
  • Totem Pole
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: 6.99 x 10.8 cm (2 3/4 x 4 1/4 in.)

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