Object Details
- Culture/People
- probably Snuneymuxw (Nanaimo) (attributed)
- Collector
- George Gustav Heye (GGH), Non-Indian, 1874-1957
- William A. Newcombe (William Newcomb), Non-Indian, 1884-1960
- Collection History
- Collected or purchased from local residents in 1938 by George Heye and William A. Newcombe (1884-1960, a Vancouver, British Columbia, collector).
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- Date created
- 1840-1900
- Catalog Number
- 19/8678
- Barcode
- 198678.000
- Object Type
- Architecture/Housing
- Object Name
- House frontal pole with doorway with design of a man (the house's owner) and a thunderbird
- Media/Materials
- Red cedar
- Techniques
- Carved
- Dimensions
- 323 x 73 x 18 cm
- Place
- West Saanich Reserve; Capital Regional District; British Columbia; Canada
- Archipelago
- Vancouver Island Group
- Island Name
- Vancouver Island
- See related items
- Snuneymuxw (Nanaimo)
- Architecture/Housing
- National Museum of the American Indian
- Record ID
- NMAI_212350
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ws6a066faf2-d7d5-49d4-80b2-bf3adf846954
