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Kwakwaka'wakw house on the beach with elaborate totem pole and front with bird's beak which opens on festive occasions to let guests enter, July, 1909

Identifier

46014

Title

Kwakwaka'wakw house on the beach with elaborate totem pole and front with bird's beak which opens on festive occasions to let guests enter, July, 1909

Date

1909-07

Creator

Smith, Harlan Ingersoll, 1872-1940 (photographer)

Dimensions

6 x 8

Geographic Location

Alert Bay, British Columbia, Canada

Subject

First nations of North America

Totem poles

Houses

Indians of North America -- British Columbia

Ethnology

Field photographs

Anthropology

Relation

AMNH Library authority record: Smith, Harlan Ingersoll 1872-1940

Publisher

American Museum of Natural History Library

Rights

Information on rights available at the repository.

Other Identifiers

Repository

American Museum of Natural History

Citation

Smith, Harlan Ingersoll, 1872-1940 (photographer), “Kwakwaka'wakw house on the beach with elaborate totem pole and front with bird's beak which opens on festive occasions to let guests enter, July, 1909,” AMNH Research Library | Digital Special Collections, accessed April 24, 2025, https://lbry-web-007.amnh.org/digital/index.php/items/show/27263.