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Chess Set
2012.13.1.37.26 · Item · 1980
Part of J. Kent Sedgwick fonds

Image depicts an old, and seemingly incomplete chess set somewhere in Wells, B.C.

Chetwynd
2012.13.1.91.32 · Item · Nov. 1978
Part of J. Kent Sedgwick fonds

Image depicts a view of Chetwynd, possibly from Highway 97.

2009.7.1.154 · Item · [ca. 1880 - ca. 1915]
Part of Archdeacon W. H. Collison fonds

Two carved poles stand in foreground, a third smaller pole visible by wood structure in background.

The pole at left is the Chief Skedans mortuary pole, which was raised in the Haida village of Skidegate about 1870. It honours the Raven Chief of Skedans and depicts the chief's hereditary crests. The two tiny figures in the bear's ears are the chief's daughter and son-in-law who erected the pole and gave a potlach for the chief's memorial. The rectangle board at the top of the original pole covered a cavity that held the chief's remains.

The pole at left may be a whale pole.

Handwritten annotation on verso reads: "For heading of Page 12. Fin Back Whale Crest. [?] Totems, S.E. Alaska". This original annotation is believed to be incorrect.

Chief’s headdress
2009.7.1.245 · Item · [ca. 1939]
Part of Archdeacon W. H. Collison fonds

Ermine-tail headdress with wooden frontlets carved with mythic animal and inlaid with abalone. Sea lion whiskers extending upwards from top of frontlet. Handwritten annotation in pen on verso reads: “W.E. Collison.” Stamped annotation on verso reads: “Department of Mines and Resources, Photographic Section. Oct. 6, 1939”. Numeric annotation on verso: “45-6”

2009.7.1.104 · Item · [ca. 1878 - ca. 1915]
Part of Archdeacon W. H. Collison fonds

Photograph depicts two men standing at base of totem pole in front of large elaborate lodge building with post reading "MINESQU". Smaller structure stands in background (elevated cache?).

Handwritten annotation on verso reads: "Chapter XXIV. No. 3. A chief's lodge and totem Nass River."

2012.13.1.65.07 · Item · May 1975
Part of J. Kent Sedgwick fonds

Image depicts a sign titled "Chilcotin Wildlife Management Area" somewhere near Riske Creek, B.C. It reads: "This trail has been provided by the Fish and Wildlife Branch in co-operation with Riske Creek Ranching Ltd., as access to the Chilcotin Wildlife Management Area. Please do not leave the the trail as the surrounding land is private property."