Metlakatla Brass Band beside ship

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• Subjects: Ships > Alaska > Metlakatla; Bands > Alaska > Metlakatla; Band uniforms > Alaska > Metlakatla; Metlakatla Brass Band; Brass bands > Alaska > Metlakatla; Indian; Royce; Metlakatla; Cornet; Tsimshian; Tsimshian*; Alaska
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On verso of image: Metlakatla Band? Filed in Alaska--Cities--Metlakatla One of several Indian brass bands formed during the last quarter of the nineteenth century was established in 1879 at the Tsimshian settlement of Metlakatla by pioneer lay missionary William Duncan, who picked up a set of instru...