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Photograph
Object Number 2004.24.32836
Display Title Photograph
Descriptions
Object Description Indian wedding. Part of Quatsiuo tribe arriving at winter harbor in canoes with prospective bridegroom. Unloading the blankets to pay for the bride. This is after the speeches and songs are finished.
Keywords
  • Occupation
  • Ethnographic
Subject
  • Medicine man
Department Photographic
Date 1992
Artist Hillel S. Burger
Culture
  • Quatsino
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America / Canada / British Columbia / Vancouver Island
Additional Geographic Terms Quatsino Sound
Materials Negative, 35mm
Dimensions Overall: 3.5 cm (1 3/8 in.)

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