photographic print
- Museum number
- Am,B50.7
- Description
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Photograph; Lord and Lady Willingdon with Captain Jack, chief of the Mowachaht-Muchalaht band, standing in the middle, totem pole, house, and three people standing in the background. Yuquot, Canada.
- Production date
- 1929
- Dimensions
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Height: 23.50 centimetres
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Width: 18.04 centimetres
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- Curator's comments
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Probably derive from the work of an official photographer travelling with the Governor-General of Canada on a tour up the West Coast of Vancouver Island in 1929 in the ship Princess Norah. Lord Willingdon was the uncle of Mrs Egerton; she was in the party and is included in Am,B50.4.
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Context: the totem pole in the background in this photograph dates from 1929, when it was given to Lord Willingdon by Captain Jack, chief of the Mowachaht-Muchalaht band. Lord Willingdon visited Yuquot on the occasion of the Governor-General's visit. Lord Willingdon, upon receiving the pole, gave it back to the village. In 1993 the pole was toppled by wind.
- Location
- Not on display
- Acquisition notes
- Donated by Mrs Egerton 1st July 1977
- Department
- Africa, Oceania and the Americas
- Registration number
- Am,B50.7