Outdoor portrait of George Gustav Heye holding a Nuxalk (Bellacoola) wooden dish representing a beaver (NMAI catalog number 19/8964), and Clarissa Draney and Mr. T.P.O (Thomas Philip Oxenham) Menzies balancing a Nuxalk (Bellacoola) canoe prow carved to represent an eagle (NMAI catalog number 19/9029) on a wooden bench. They are posed in a garden in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.
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Collection Citation:
Identification of specific item; Date (if known); William A. Newcombe and George Gustav Heye photographs from British Columbia, Item Number; National Museum of the American Indian Archive Center, Smithsonian Institution.