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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
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Canada
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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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PrimaryMedia | Object Number | Title | Classification | Geography/Provenience | SHARE |
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| 2004.29.3460 | Two totem poles in village setting |
British Columbia
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| 2004.29.3462 | Totem pole in village setting |
British Columbia
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| 2004.29.3456 | Two totem poles flanking entrance to building. |
British Columbia
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| 2004.29.3458 | Totem pole in front of building |
British Columbia
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| 2004.29.3449 | New totem poles; Side view in front of waterfront house. |
Queen Charlotte Islands?
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| 2004.29.3457 | General view from east end; Bay in foreground. |
British Columbia
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| 2004.29.3465 | General view from front; Bay in foreground. |
British Columbia
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| 2004.29.3478 | Companion totem poles to those at the Museum |
North America
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| 2004.29.3461 | Great Northern Diver crest on grave board |
British Columbia
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| 2004.29.3459 | Double-headed serpent crest on grave board now rotted away |
British Columbia
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| 2004.29.3463 | Killer-whale grave board |
British Columbia
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| 2004.24.26595 | Totem poles, Kwakwaka’wakw, Tlaoitsis |
Haeitses Village
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