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Title: Dzonoqwa House Post
Description: A Dzonoqwa house post from the Gwa'sala winter village T'akus. Bought from a chief at the village of T'akus by an English collector (C. F. Newcombe), it was sold in 1905 for . In 1912 Dzonoqwa was exhibited at the Brooklyn Institute of Arts and Sciences, then traded to a New York antique dealer. In 1942, Dzonoqwa was sold to German artist Max Ernst
Show moreA Dzonoqwa house post from the Gwa'sala winter village T'akus. Bought from a chief at the village of T'akus by an English collector (C. F. Newcombe), it was sold in 1905 for . In 1912 Dzonoqwa was exhibited at the Brooklyn Institute of Arts and Sciences, then traded to a New York antique dealer. In 1942, Dzonoqwa was sold to German artist Max Ernst, the founder of Surrealism, who in 1975 donated it to the Musée de l'Homme in Paris where it is today exhibited.
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Date: 1905, 1905

Title: Close up of Interior House Posts
Description: Female and male interior house posts at the Gwa'sala winter village of T'akus in Smith Inlet. The posts likely represent ancestral figures of the house owner.
Date: 1905, 1905

Title: T'akus Village
Description: Gwa'sala winter village T'akus, at Takush Harbour in Smith Inlet.
Date: ca. 1915, 1910-1915

Title: Gwa'sala People
Description: Gwa'sala people at T'akus. The man standing on the rock or piece of driftwood is probably one of the two chiefs Powell (1873) called Mantzie and Iolthkin.
Date: 1873, 1873

Title: House on Shoreline
Description: Possibly a grave house indicated by the flags planted in front of it. Near the Gwa'sala winter village of T'akus.
Date: ca. 1915, 1910-1915

Title: Interior House Posts
Description: Female and male interior house posts at the Gwa'sala winter village of T'akus in Smith Inlet. The posts likely represent ancestral figures of the house owner.
Date: 1905, 1905

Title: T'akus Village (close)
Description: Gwa'sala winter village T'akus, at Takush Harbour in Smith Inlet.
Date: ca. 1915, 1910-1915

Title: T'akus Village
Description: Gwa'sala winter village T'akus, at Takush Harbour in Smith Inlet.
Date: ca. 1915, 1910-1915

Title: Bear Post
Description: Bear holding a man depicted on a house post at T'akus, Smith Inlet.
Date: 1905, 1905

Title: House Posts
Description: House posts depicting bears at the Gwa'sala winter village of T'akus. Takush Harbour, Smith Inlet. The name of the man standing between the posts is unknown.
Date: 1905, 1905

Title: Bear House Post
Description: Bear holding a man depicted on a house post at T'akus, Smith Inlet.
Date: 1905, 1905

Title: Bear Post and Ridge Beam
Description: Bear holding a man depicted on a house post at T'akus, Smith Inlet.
Date: 1905, 1905

Title: Dzonoqwa House Post
Description: A Dzonoqwa house post from the Gwa'sala winter village T'akus. Bought from a chief at the village of T'akus by an English collector (C. F. Newcombe), it was sold in 1905 for . In 1912 Dzonoqwa was exhibited at the Brooklyn Institute of Arts and Sciences, then traded to a New York antique dealer. In 1942, Dzonoqwa was sold to German artist Max Ernst
Show moreA Dzonoqwa house post from the Gwa'sala winter village T'akus. Bought from a chief at the village of T'akus by an English collector (C. F. Newcombe), it was sold in 1905 for . In 1912 Dzonoqwa was exhibited at the Brooklyn Institute of Arts and Sciences, then traded to a New York antique dealer. In 1942, Dzonoqwa was sold to German artist Max Ernst, the founder of Surrealism, who in 1975 donated it to the Musée de l'Homme in Paris where it is today exhibited.
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Date: 1905, 1905

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