Item J-04202 - Portrait of Kwakwaka'wakw girl

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Portrait of Kwakwaka'wakw girl

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  • graphic material

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  • Source of title proper: Title based on the subject of the photograph.
  • Variations in title: Previously titled: Field photograph of an unidentified Indigenous girl (youth) taken at a land-based portrait studio attributed to Richard Maynard.

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J-04202

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  • 1873 (Creation)

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1 photograph : b&w collodion glass plate negative ; 13 x 13 cm

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(1832-1907)

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Item consists of a portrait photograph of an unidentified Kwakwaka'wakw girl. The photograph was likely taken at Takush Harbour (Cape Caution). The photograph is one of several taken in front of the same backdrop of a Hudson's Bay blanket.

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The negative is missing emulsion near the top and bottom corners of the plate, as well as down one side of the negative. These conditions result in a loss of the visual information on the plate in those regions. There is also a paper label attached to the surface of the glass.

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Restriction: The photograph is a glass plate negative. Researchers should consult the online reference image or reference room copy prior to consulting the original.

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ICAR: PN09736

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Accession number(s): 95-7328

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Archives codes: HP016462

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This photograph was originally located in BC Archives and Records Service manuscript container identified as: "Maynard Coll. Box 7.10. Indians (Indians near Cape Caution and Metlaktla [12 plates]" and "#89"

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