Kalowkis (Tlawitsis) - general - showing house where G. Hunt assisted in Hamatsa dance - after which he was arrested.
"Wa'ka-lus = rainbow" (from original print)
Rainbow house, Henry SPECK's house - house front painting changed at each potlatch given (per J. Peters, APR.19-20/78)
SEE ALSO INFORMATION TAKEN FROM NEWCOMBE NOTEBOOK #5 IN PROVINCIAL ARCHIVES. THIS IS NOW IN PHOTO CATALOGUE.
"SEVERAL LARGE NEW TOTEM POLES HERE, SOME OF OLD ONES FORMING MAIN SUPPORT OF ROOF, THUS: [small sketch]"
FROM: NEWCOMBE NOTEBOOK #5 IN PROVINCIAL ARCHIVES
For an earlier view of Kalokwis see PA 37936, taken in 1885.
For further information see: photo catalogue.
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