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Object Number
976-62-10/100167.1.20
Display Title
Indian totem poles, Skidegate, British Columbia
Descriptions
Object Description
Dictated to Dan Jones by Bill Holm: Skidgate, Queen Charlotte's Island...Both these poles are described in John R. Swanton's "Contributions to the Ethnology of the Haida" (Am Mus of Nat Hist) Both were collected by Newcomb, and both are not in good condition, in the British Columbia Provincial Museum, Victoria.
Department
Photographic
Date
late 19th Century
Artist
Mr. R. Maynard
Culture
- Northwest Coast Native American styles
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America
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Canada
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British Columbia
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Graham Island
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Skidegate
Dimensions
Overall: 25.4001 × 20.32 cm (10 × 8 in.)
Quantity
1
Provenance
Donor
Donated by
Landon T. Clay
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