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Chief Skedan’s Mortuary Pole and House Chiefs Peep at from a Distance
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Maynard, Richard
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1863 (Creation)
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1 photograph : albumen printing-out paper on stereograph card; 11 x 18 cm
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Image depicts exterior view of small house built within the frame of the House Chiefs Peep at from a Distance with two Watchmen figures with potlatch hats sitting atop the corner posts of the original house and frontal pole. On the left is a mortuary pole raised for Skedans, head chief of Skedans village with Skedan's crests: a moon with a Thunderbird face at top, mountain goat, and grizzly bear at the base. Printed around the border of the image is the photographer information "PHOTOGRAPHED BY R. MAYNARD, VICTORIA, . . . B. C." Handwritten inscription on the border reads "Skidegate Indian house & poles Skidegate Q. Ch. Is." Printed on the verso is the photographer information with the inscription "R. Maynard, Photographic Artist, AND DEALER IN ALL KINDS OF PHOTOGRAPHIC MATERIALS, COR. OF DOUGLAS AND JOHNSON STS., VICTORIA, B. C. -- Views of British Columbia and Vancouver Island for Sale."
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some fading and yellowing
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Public domain
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Bill Reid Centre, SFU http://content.lib.sfu.ca/cdm/singleitem/collection/billreid/id/481/rec/6