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Object Number 2004.29.3469
Display Title Totem poles at entrance to house
Descriptions
Object Description Written on board: "Kwakiutl Indians / Tsatsichnukwomi / May 15, 1921. / Dr. C. F. Newcombe."
Keywords
  • Ethnographic
  • Field
  • Effigy
Subject
  • Totem Pole
Department Photographic
Date May 15, 1921
Artist Dr. Charles Frederick Newcombe
Culture
  • Kwakwaka'wakw
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America
Dimensions Overall: 10.4775 × 7.9375 cm (4 1/8 × 3 1/8 in.)

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