Archive / Kwakiute (Thunderbird) pole

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  1. Kwakiute (Thunderbird) pole, 1948
Item Details

Title: Kwakiute (Thunderbird) pole

Artist: Ellen Neel

Date: 1948

Format: Photograph [black and white print]

Location: UBC Archives Historical Photographs

Fonds: UBC# 1.1/2656

More Information: Pole was made by Kwakwaka’waku caver Ellen Neel, dedicated in 1948 at the University of British Columbia’s Brock Hall.

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