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Carved posts, Alert Bay,c1914,Edward S. Curtis,totem poles,Nimkish Village Yilis

Title: Carved posts at Alert Bay
Creator(s): Curtis, Edward S., 1868-1952, photographer
Date Created/Published: c1914 November 13.
Summary: Two totem poles in front of a wood frame house in the Nimkish village Yilis, on Cormorant Island. Totem pole depicts an eagle representing the owner's paternal crest and a grizzly bear symbolizing the maternal one.
Notes:
J197424 U.S. Copyright Office.
Title from item.
Curtis no. 3554.
Forms part of: Edward S. Curtis Collection (Library of Congress).
Published in: The North American Indian / Edward S. Curtis. [Seattle, Wash.] : Edward S. Curtis, 1907-30, Suppl. v. 10, pl. 330.
Subjects:
Indians of North America--Structures--British Columbia--1910-1920.
Kwakiutl Indians--Structures--1910-1920.
Houses--British Columbia--1910-1920.
Totem poles--British Columbia--1910-1920.
Wooden buildings--1910-1920.
Photographic prints--1910-1920.
Bookmark /2003652765/
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