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[Close-up of carved human figure in entrance of a Community House.], August 1868

 Item — Box: PCA 15
Identifier: ASL-P15-33

Scope and Contents

[This photograph was made at Nanaimo in August of 1868. It shows a typical shed type Coast Salish house constructed by setting split cedar planks between sets of vertical binding poles. The planks overlapped each other top to bottom thereby shedding the rain. Description per Dan Savard, Anthropology Department of Royal B.C. Museum, Victoria, B.C. Canada]

Dates

  • Other: August 1868

Conditions Governing Access

The collection is available for viewing, however, the photographs may not be photocopied. The whole collection has been digitized.

Extent

1 Photographic Prints

Language of Materials

From the Collection: English

Physical Storage Information

Repository Details

Repository Details

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