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Hunting camp, "TsEkiextcEn" valley fifteen miles north of Spences Bridge
Hunting camp, "TsEkiextcEn" valley fifteen miles north of Spences Bridge
Object Number 15-36-10/100566.1.45
Display Title Hunting camp, "TsEkiextcEn" valley fifteen miles north of Spences Bridge
Descriptions
Object Description Written on board: "Thompson Indians (Salishan) / Hunting camp 15 miles N. of Spences Bridge. 1914. / Collector - J. A. Teit - 1913 - 1914."; From Tepper, 1987: "Hunting Camp / J.A. Teit 1914 / Large canvas tipi with smoke flaps. Snowshoes, hunting equipment / and animal carcass next to tipi. Cloth stretched over pole. Taken / during absence of hunter, tipi, snowshoes, deerskins venison and two / deer not yet cut up. TsEkiextcEn valley fifteen miles north of / Spences Bridge."
Keywords
  • Ethnographic
  • Hunting
Subject
  • Camp
  • Hunting
Department Photographic
Date 1914
Artist James A. Teit
Culture
  • Thompson
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America / Canada / British Columbia
Additional Geographic Terms Spences Bridge, 15 miles north
Materials Gelatin silver print adhered to Paperboard
Dimensions Overall: 7.62 x 12.7 cm (3 x 5 in.)

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