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Old totem pole, made by the Haida Indians of Queen Charlotte Islands, in the Governors Grounds.
Creator
Edith Sara Watson
(American, 1861 - 1943)
Date1890s-1930s
Mediumgelatin silver print
Dimensions16.6 x 11.6 cm
Credit LineFrances Rooney Collection. Purchase with funds generously donated by Martha LA McCain, 2018
Object number2018/3600.52a
LocationNot currently on display
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![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]](/internal/media/dispatcher/135376/thumbnail)
![The Thunder Bird at Alert Bay, is perhaps the most imaginary of all the totems. His beak is hinged and can be made to open when a potlach or feast demands it [Page 16 of Alert Bay, Queen Charlotte Islands, and Victoria, B.C. album]](/internal/media/dispatcher/135357/thumbnail)
![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]](/internal/media/dispatcher/135364/thumbnail)
Edith Sara Watson
1890s-1930s
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![Panning gold near Indian Reservation [sic] at Old Nassau, Queen Charlotte Is. [Haida Gwaii] Canada [Page 31 of Happy Voyages with Queenie album]](/internal/media/dispatcher/135098/thumbnail)
![[Alternate angle of a tombstone to one of the "Princes" of the tribe, Haida graveyard, page 23 of Alert Bay, Queen Charlotte Islands, and Victoria, B.C. album]](/internal/media/dispatcher/135350/thumbnail)
![In the Indian burying ground at "the Pas", Canada [Page 21 of Alert Bay, Queen Charlotte Islands, and Victoria, B.C. album]](/internal/media/dispatcher/135352/thumbnail)
Edith Sara Watson
1890s-1930s
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![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]](/internal/media/dispatcher/135373/thumbnail)
![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]](/internal/media/dispatcher/135372/thumbnail)
![[Totem of man in Alert Bay, Page 15 of Alert Bay, Queen Charlotte Islands, and Victoria, B.C. album]](/internal/media/dispatcher/135359/thumbnail)
[Totem of man in Alert Bay, Page 15 of Alert Bay, Queen Charlotte Islands, and Victoria, B.C. album]
Edith Sara Watson
1890s-1930s
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![[Totem Bouevard and gathering wood] [Page 14 of Alert Bay, Queen Charlotte Islands, and Victoria, B.C. album]](/internal/media/dispatcher/135361/thumbnail)
Edith Sara Watson
1890s-1930s
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![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]](/internal/media/dispatcher/135377/thumbnail)
