IDNO

P.8453.ACH1

Description

On Catalogue Card: “Ruined house taken from interior looking towards front door, which can be seen on left. Before the use of white man’s tools the longitudinal beams were round instead of as here seen. The three pinnacles above the front wall are not found on other houses; there are five of them in all, representing the five peaks of Mt. Nusk 1st where the family of the owner originated. 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.