Looking northward along the Indian village at Alert Bay, showing totem poles and canoes; sign on the building to the left describes a copper cutting ceremony, July, 1909
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Looking northward along the Indian village at Alert Bay, showing totem poles and canoes; sign on the building to the left describes a copper cutting ceremony, July, 1909
1909-07
6 x 8
From Anthropology data: Note the sign over the first doorway, which refers to the ceremony of the breaking of a very valuable copper by a chief. This sign may be read more easily in No. 46020. This sign states that Chief Klakwagila of Kinkam Inlet, B. C. broke a copper worth $11500. The picture of the copper is also shown on the sign.
Alert Bay, British Columbia, Canada
AMNH Library authority record: Smith, Harlan Ingersoll 1872-1940
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Smith, Harlan Ingersoll, 1872-1940 (photographer), “Looking northward along the Indian village at Alert Bay, showing totem poles and canoes; sign on the building to the left describes a copper cutting ceremony, July, 1909,” AMNH Research Library | Digital Special Collections, accessed April 18, 2024, https://lbry-web-007.amnh.org/digital/items/show/27267.