Carved Human Figure

House post carved 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 wh...

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Other Authors: A. de Menil
Format: Still Image
Language:unknown
Published: 1968
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Kwakwaka'wakw > - Mimkwamlis (Village Island) > Housepost > Monument > Totem > Northwest Coast > Native > First Nation > Art >
First Nations
Online Access:https://digital.lib.sfu.ca/billreid-3765/carved-human-figure
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spelling ftsfrazerunivdc:oai:digital.lib.sfu.ca:billreid_3765 2023-05-15T16:15:51+02:00 Carved Human Figure A. de Menil Mimkwamlis (Village Island) 1968 https://digital.lib.sfu.ca/billreid-3765/carved-human-figure unknown billreid:3765 local: de Menil Slide Donation557 uuid: d19babd5-fbb6-43ad-a4ba-397d749a97fb https://digital.lib.sfu.ca/billreid-3765/carved-human-figure 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--Totem--Northwest Coast--Native--First Nation--Art-- Kwakwaka'wakw --- Mimkwamlis (Village Island)--Housepost--Monument--Totem--Northwest Coast--Native--First Nation--Art-- Photographs StillImage 1968 ftsfrazerunivdc 2019-07-10T07:05:07Z House post carved 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--Totem--Northwest Coast--Native--First Nation--Art--
Kwakwaka'wakw --- Mimkwamlis (Village Island)--Housepost--Monument--Totem--Northwest Coast--Native--First Nation--Art--
spellingShingle Kwakwaka'wakw --- Housepost--Monument--Totem--Northwest Coast--Native--First Nation--Art--
Kwakwaka'wakw --- Mimkwamlis (Village Island)--Housepost--Monument--Totem--Northwest Coast--Native--First Nation--Art--
Carved Human Figure
topic_facet Kwakwaka'wakw --- Housepost--Monument--Totem--Northwest Coast--Native--First Nation--Art--
Kwakwaka'wakw --- Mimkwamlis (Village Island)--Housepost--Monument--Totem--Northwest Coast--Native--First Nation--Art--
description House post carved 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 Carved Human Figure
title_short Carved Human Figure
title_full Carved Human Figure
title_fullStr Carved Human Figure
title_full_unstemmed Carved Human Figure
title_sort carved human figure
publishDate 1968
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local: de Menil Slide Donation557
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https://digital.lib.sfu.ca/billreid-3765/carved-human-figure
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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