IDNO

P.8452.ACH1

Description

On Catalogue Card: “Rear view of an Indian house. The main posts supporting the longitudinal beams are clearly shown, as well as the auxiliary posts which support the extension of the roof and the side walls. White man’s tools are evidenced by the beams being sawn. One cross beam, ‘qapai’, can be seen. May, 1922.” [typed text]

Place

N America; ?Canada; ?British Columbia; ?Bella Coola

Cultural Affliation

Northwest Coast Indian; Salishan; ?Coast Salish; ?Nuxalk [historically Bella Coola]

Named Person

Photographer

McIllwraith, Thomas F.

Collector / Expedition

Haddon, Alfred Cort; McIllwraith, Thomas F.

Date

May 1922

Collection Name

Mounted Haddon Collection

Source

Haddon, Alfred Cort (Dr)McIllwraith, Thomas F.

Format

Print Black & White Mounted

Primary Documentation

Other Information

Place: Presumed to be Bella Coola as the previous photographs in this series belong to this group.