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Village. Sanyakoan tribe.
Object Number 2004.29.3580
Display Title Village. Sanyakoan tribe.
Descriptions
Object Description Written on board: "Tlingit Indians (Koluschan) / Totem pole now in Peabody Museum. Ornaments and utensils found in houses. / Sanyakoan Tribe, Gash Village, Cape Fox, Alaska / Photos taken by Charles Palache, Harriman Scientific Ex. 1899. Negatives in P.M. Coll. / Note-- See also original neg. N6046-J . a variation of subject- B. We have no print."
Keywords
  • Rural Settlement
  • Ethnographic
Subject
  • Village
Department Photographic
Date 1899
Artist Charles Palache
Artist Harriman Scientific Expedition
Culture
  • Tlingit
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America / United States / Alaska
Materials Collodion Printing-out Paper adhered to Paperboard
Dimensions Overall: 7.62 x 7.62 cm (3 x 3 in.)

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