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Carved posts at Alert Bay, c1914. Creator: Edward Sheriff Curtis.

Carved posts at Alert Bay, c1914. Creator: Edward Sheriff Curtis.

3-004-836 - Heritage Art/Heritage Images

Carved posts at Alert Bay, c1914. 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.

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Creator
  1. Edward Sheriff Curtis, attributed to: American: Photographer, ethnologist
Medium
  1. Photograph
Geographic Hierarchy

World North and Central America Canada British Columbia Alert Bay

  1. 50 34 00 N , 126 58 00 W
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Society & Culture Art & Literature

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Locations & Buildings Monuments & Statues

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Pixel Dimensions (W x H) : 1536x1137
File Size : 1,706kb

Aliases

  1. 2003652765
  1. 1010036424
  1. 2003652765
  1. 3-004-836
  1. 3004836
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