House frontal pole with doorway with design of a man (the house's owner) and a thunderbird

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Date created: 1840-1900

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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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

Data Source: National Museum of the American Indian

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

Metadata Usage: CC0

GUID: http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ws6a066faf2-d7d5-49d4-80b2-bf3adf846954

Record ID: NMAI_212350