Carved Face

Carved monument in the shape of a human or ancestral figure. Located at the mouth of Knight Inlet, between the north east coast of Vancouver Island and the mainland, the Mamalilikala band have inhabited this site for centuries. Mimkwamlis was once the largest village on the coast and it is also wher...

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Other Authors: A. de Menil
Format: Still Image
Language:unknown
Published: 1967
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Online Access:https://digital.lib.sfu.ca/billreid-3759/carved-face
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spelling ftsfrazerunivdc:oai:digital.lib.sfu.ca:billreid_3759 2023-05-15T16:15:50+02:00 Carved Face A. de Menil Mimkwamlis (Village Island) 1967 https://digital.lib.sfu.ca/billreid-3759/carved-face unknown billreid:3759 local: de Menil Slide Donation551 uuid: 20b2af0e-e896-4811-8f56-e56a46fc8797 https://digital.lib.sfu.ca/billreid-3759/carved-face Courtesy Adelaide de Menil. This image is to be used solely for the purpose of research or private study; and any use of the image for a purpose other than research or private study requires the authorization of the copyright owner of the work in question. Kwakwaka'wakw --- Housepost--House--Post--Northwest Coast--Native--First Nation--Art-- Kwakwaka'wakw --- Mimkwamlis (Village Island)--Housepost--House--Post--Northwest Coast--Native--First Nation--Art-- Photographs StillImage 1967 ftsfrazerunivdc 2019-07-10T07:05:08Z Carved monument in the shape of a human or ancestral figure. Located at the mouth of Knight Inlet, between the north east coast of Vancouver Island and the mainland, the Mamalilikala band have inhabited this site for centuries. Mimkwamlis was once the largest village on the coast and it is also where the government and First Nations met head to head in a crushing blow to potlatching in December 1921. Still Image First Nations SFU Digitized Collections (Simon Fraser University)
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topic Kwakwaka'wakw --- Housepost--House--Post--Northwest Coast--Native--First Nation--Art--
Kwakwaka'wakw --- Mimkwamlis (Village Island)--Housepost--House--Post--Northwest Coast--Native--First Nation--Art--
spellingShingle Kwakwaka'wakw --- Housepost--House--Post--Northwest Coast--Native--First Nation--Art--
Kwakwaka'wakw --- Mimkwamlis (Village Island)--Housepost--House--Post--Northwest Coast--Native--First Nation--Art--
Carved Face
topic_facet Kwakwaka'wakw --- Housepost--House--Post--Northwest Coast--Native--First Nation--Art--
Kwakwaka'wakw --- Mimkwamlis (Village Island)--Housepost--House--Post--Northwest Coast--Native--First Nation--Art--
description Carved monument in the shape of a human or ancestral figure. Located at the mouth of Knight Inlet, between the north east coast of Vancouver Island and the mainland, the Mamalilikala band have inhabited this site for centuries. Mimkwamlis was once the largest village on the coast and it is also where the government and First Nations met head to head in a crushing blow to potlatching in December 1921.
author2 A. de Menil
format Still Image
title Carved Face
title_short Carved Face
title_full Carved Face
title_fullStr Carved Face
title_full_unstemmed Carved Face
title_sort carved face
publishDate 1967
url https://digital.lib.sfu.ca/billreid-3759/carved-face
op_coverage Mimkwamlis (Village Island)
genre First Nations
genre_facet First Nations
op_relation billreid:3759
local: de Menil Slide Donation551
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https://digital.lib.sfu.ca/billreid-3759/carved-face
op_rights Courtesy Adelaide de Menil. This image is to be used solely for the purpose of research or private study; and any use of the image for a purpose other than research or private study requires the authorization of the copyright owner of the work in question.
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