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Picture Frame
Museum of Anthropology at UBC

Object
Related Schools
Port Simpson (BC), Coqualeetza (BC)
Culture
Tsimshian
Place Made
Port Simpson, Lax Kw'alaams
Description
Wooden frame with photograph of an old mission church glued onto the centre. Frame is incised with Northwest Coast images. Inscription on back.

Inscription on reverse reads: "Port Simpson. Picture frame by Tsimpshean Indian; old mission church before its destruction by fire, 1931."

Themes

Operation of the IRS System (narrative thread)
Residential Schools in BC (narrative thread)

More Information

Repository
Museum of Anthropology at UBC
Repository Object Identifier
1960/732
Display Measurements
overall: 22.5 cm x 26.0 cm x 1.3 cm
Materials and Techniques
wood, silver metal, paper, mineral, gelatin
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