Item 2009.7.1.194 - Medicine man grave marker near Masset, Queen Charlotte Islands, BC

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Medicine man grave marker near Masset, Queen Charlotte Islands, BC

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2009.7.1.194

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  • [ca. 1880] (Creation)

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1 photograph : b&w ; 11.5 x 15.9 cm

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Two carved wooden figures stand side by side to mark the burial of a Haida medicine man. Each figure has one arm up with a hand under or over the chin, while the other arm is down. Carved chiefly headdresses adorn each of their heads.

Handwritten annotation in pen on verso reads: “Illustration for insertion at end of Chapt XIX no. 2. Medicine man’s tomb Queen Charlotte Islands.” Photograph has pen markings made on its recto tracing the outline of these two shapes.

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  • English

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    Northern BC Archives & Special Collections

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    .tiff & .jpeg

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    Item is restricted. Contact Archivist to apply for access.

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    Personal or academic use of photographic materials is welcomed under the standard fair use and educational use clauses of Canadian Copyright Law. Commercial use is, however, forbidden without the express permission of the copyright holder. For information on obtaining written permission from the copyright holder, please contact the Northern B.C. Archives and Special Collections.

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    Item is part of The Archdeacon W. H. Collison fonds. See also items 2009.7.1.189 - 2009.7.1.195 for images featuring similar content.

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