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Image Not Available for Many strange figures adorn the dress coat of the Coastal Indian Chief. His "speech pole" too is a stick with strange [obalistic?] carvings. Photo taken in the Siwash Indian Reservation, Alert Bay, B.C. [Page 11 of Alert Bay, Queen Charlotte Islands, and Victoria, B.C. album]
Many strange figures adorn the dress coat of the Coastal Indian Chief. His "speech pole" too is a stick with strange [obalistic?] carvings. Photo taken in the Siwash Indian Reservation, Alert Bay, B.C. [Page 11 of Alert Bay, Queen Charlotte Islands, and Victoria, B.C. album]
Image Not Available for Many strange figures adorn the dress coat of the Coastal Indian Chief. His "speech pole" too is a stick with strange [obalistic?] carvings. Photo taken in the Siwash Indian Reservation, Alert Bay, B.C. [Page 11 of Alert Bay, Queen Charlotte Islands, and Victoria, B.C. album]

Many strange figures adorn the dress coat of the Coastal Indian Chief. His "speech pole" too is a stick with strange [obalistic?] carvings. Photo taken in the Siwash Indian Reservation, Alert Bay, B.C. [Page 11 of Alert Bay, Queen Charlotte Islands, and Victoria, B.C. album]

Creator Edith Sara Watson (American, 1861 - 1943)
Date1890s-1930s
Mediumalbum page with gelatin silver print
Dimensions35.5 x 30 cm
Credit LineFrances Rooney Collection. Purchase with funds generously donated by Martha LA McCain, 2018
Object number2018/3601.11
LocationNot currently on display

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Image Not Available for Son of a Siwash Indian chief in robe decorated with buttons and a yew-wood crown, ornamented with sea-lions whiskers, in Alert Bay, B.C. [Page 10 of Alert Bay, Queen Charlotte Islands, and Victoria, B.C. album]
Son of a Siwash Indian chief in robe decorated with buttons and a yew-wood crown, ornamented with sea-lions whiskers, in Alert Bay, B.C. [Page 10 of Alert Bay, Queen Charlotte Islands, and Victoria, B.C. album]
Edith Sara Watson
1890s-1930s
Page
Image Not Available for Detail of Totem pole, family tree of the Siwash Indians at Alert Bay B.C., one of the ports of call on the way to Alaska [Page 5 of Alert Bay, Queen Charlotte Islands, and Victoria, B.C. album]
Detail of Totem pole, family tree of the Siwash Indians at Alert Bay B.C., one of the ports of call on the way to Alaska [Page 5 of Alert Bay, Queen Charlotte Islands, and Victoria, B.C. album]
Edith Sara Watson
1890s-1930s
Page
Image Not Available for A picturesque Thunder-Bird stands guard on the doorstep of a Siwash Indian Home. Alert Bay B.C. A household God! [Page 13 of Alert Bay, Queen Charlotte Islands, and Victoria, B.C.]
A picturesque Thunder-Bird stands guard on the doorstep of a Siwash Indian Home. Alert Bay B.C. A household God! [Page 13 of Alert Bay, Queen Charlotte Islands, and Victoria, B.C.]
Edith Sara Watson
1890s-1930s
Page
Image Not Available for Of the "Whale" tribe, graphic epitaph above the grave of a Coastal Indian in the graveyard at Alert Bay [Page 18 of Alert Bay, Queen Charlotte Islands, and Victoria, B.C. album]
Of the "Whale" tribe, graphic epitaph above the grave of a Coastal Indian in the graveyard at Alert Bay [Page 18 of Alert Bay, Queen Charlotte Islands, and Victoria, B.C. album]
Edith Sara Watson
1890s-1930s
Page
Image Not Available for In the graveyard at Old Massett. In the Indian Reservation of the Haida Indians, Queen Charlotte Is. A tombstone to one of the "Princes" of the tribe [Page 22 of Alert Bay, Queen Charlotte Islands, and Victoria, B.C. album]
In the graveyard at Old Massett. In the Indian Reservation of the Haida Indians, Queen Charlotte Is. A tombstone to one of the "Princes" of the tribe [Page 22 of Alert Bay, Queen Charlotte Islands, and Victoria, B.C. album]
Edith Sara Watson
1890s-1930s
Page
Image Not Available for Chinese celebration for the dead. Lighting the life sticks. Victoria, B.C. [Page 31 of Alert Bay, Queen Charlotte Islands, and Victoria, B.C. album]
Chinese celebration for the dead. Lighting the life sticks. Victoria, B.C. [Page 31 of Alert Bay, Queen Charlotte Islands, and Victoria, B.C. album]
Edith Sara Watson
1890s-1930s
Page
Image Not Available for Lighting the "life" sticks in the Chinese cemetery, Victoria, B.C. [page 29 of Alert Bay, Queen Charlotte Islands, and Victoria, B.C. album]
Lighting the "life" sticks in the Chinese cemetery, Victoria, B.C. [page 29 of Alert Bay, Queen Charlotte Islands, and Victoria, B.C. album]
Edith Sara Watson
1890s-1930s
Page
Image Not Available for In the Indian burying ground at "the Pas", Canada [Page 21 of Alert Bay, Queen Charlotte Islands, and Victoria, B.C. album]
In the Indian burying ground at "the Pas", Canada [Page 21 of Alert Bay, Queen Charlotte Islands, and Victoria, B.C. album]
Edith Sara Watson
1890s-1930s
Page
Image Not Available for The mother of all wooden dolls as she appears in the totem at Alert Bay, B.C. [Page 4 of Alert Bay, Queen Charlotte Islands, and Victoria, B.C. album]
The mother of all wooden dolls as she appears in the totem at Alert Bay, B.C. [Page 4 of Alert Bay, Queen Charlotte Islands, and Victoria, B.C. album]
Edith Sara Watson
1890s-1930s
Page
Image Not Available for The Bear totem carries in "The copper", the rude design on the breast of the man, the symbol of Christianity, Alert Bay, B.C. [Page 6 of Alert Bay, Queen Charlotte Islands, and Victoria, B.C. album]
The Bear totem carries in "The copper", the rude design on the breast of the man, the symbol of Christianity, Alert Bay, B.C. [Page 6 of Alert Bay, Queen Charlotte Islands, and Victoria, B.C. album]
Edith Sara Watson
1890s-1930s
Page
Image Not Available for Detail of a "Bear" totem on the totem Boulevard, Alert Bay, B.C. [Page 7 of Alert Bay, Queen Charlotte Islands, and Victoria, B.C. album]
Detail of a "Bear" totem on the totem Boulevard, Alert Bay, B.C. [Page 7 of Alert Bay, Queen Charlotte Islands, and Victoria, B.C. album]
Edith Sara Watson
1890s-1930s
Page
Image Not Available for [Totem of man in Alert Bay, Page 15 of Alert Bay, Queen Charlotte Islands, and Victoria, B.C. album]
[Totem of man in Alert Bay, Page 15 of Alert Bay, Queen Charlotte Islands, and Victoria, B.C. album]
Edith Sara Watson
1890s-1930s
Page
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