Decaying Monuments

Two wolf posts and a 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 coas...

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Other Authors: A. de Menil
Format: Still Image
Language:unknown
Published: 1967
Subjects:
Kwakwaka'wakw > - Housepost > Monument > House > Post > Totem > Northwest Coast > Native > First Nation > Art >
Kwakwaka'wakw > - Mimkwamlis (Village Island) > Housepost > Monument > House > Post > Totem > Northwest Coast > Native > First Nation > Art >
First Nations
Online Access:https://digital.lib.sfu.ca/billreid-3762/decaying-monuments
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spelling ftsfrazerunivdc:oai:digital.lib.sfu.ca:billreid_3762 2023-05-15T16:15:54+02:00 Decaying Monuments A. de Menil Mimkwamlis (Village Island) 1967 https://digital.lib.sfu.ca/billreid-3762/decaying-monuments unknown billreid:3762 local: de Menil Slide Donation554 uuid: 28daf655-8fc7-4324-affa-02e0a77bb3d7 https://digital.lib.sfu.ca/billreid-3762/decaying-monuments 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--Monument--House--Post--Totem--Northwest Coast--Native--First Nation--Art-- Kwakwaka'wakw --- Mimkwamlis (Village Island)--Housepost--Monument--House--Post--Totem--Northwest Coast--Native--First Nation--Art-- Photographs StillImage 1967 ftsfrazerunivdc 2019-07-10T07:05:07Z Two wolf posts and a 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--Monument--House--Post--Totem--Northwest Coast--Native--First Nation--Art--
Kwakwaka'wakw --- Mimkwamlis (Village Island)--Housepost--Monument--House--Post--Totem--Northwest Coast--Native--First Nation--Art--
spellingShingle Kwakwaka'wakw --- Housepost--Monument--House--Post--Totem--Northwest Coast--Native--First Nation--Art--
Kwakwaka'wakw --- Mimkwamlis (Village Island)--Housepost--Monument--House--Post--Totem--Northwest Coast--Native--First Nation--Art--
Decaying Monuments
topic_facet Kwakwaka'wakw --- Housepost--Monument--House--Post--Totem--Northwest Coast--Native--First Nation--Art--
Kwakwaka'wakw --- Mimkwamlis (Village Island)--Housepost--Monument--House--Post--Totem--Northwest Coast--Native--First Nation--Art--
description Two wolf posts and a 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
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title Decaying Monuments
title_short Decaying Monuments
title_full Decaying Monuments
title_fullStr Decaying Monuments
title_full_unstemmed Decaying Monuments
title_sort decaying monuments
publishDate 1967
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https://digital.lib.sfu.ca/billreid-3762/decaying-monuments
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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