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Object Number
2004.29.3484
Display Title
Pole commemorating a potlatch
Descriptions
Object Description
Written on board: "Kwakiutl. Wakashan. / No. 28 / GWA. I, - Kingcome Inlet. Summer Village. / 28. Pole commemorating a potlatch. / Photos by Dr. C. F. Newcombe Sept. 2, 1917."
Keywords
- Field
- Ethnographic
- Effigy
Subject
- Totem Pole
Department
Photographic
Date
Sept. 2, 1917
Artist
Dr. Charles Frederick Newcombe
Culture
- Kwakwaka'wakw
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America
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Canada
/
British Columbia
Additional Geographic Terms
Kingcome Inlet
Dimensions
Overall: 9.525 × 7.62 cm (3 3/4 × 3 in.)
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