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[Harry James sitting with masks]

Item is a photograph taken at the Nanaimo Reserve showing Harry James with masks. Inscription on verso of print: "No. 2994 - Indian ceremonial masks are handed down generation to generation. This Indian is nearly 80 years of age and keeps these masks hidden in an old chest in a smoke house on the Reservation. Considerable coaxing was necessary before he would produce them for photographing. It is his belief that if he should lose them a curse would descend upon his family. Don Coltman Photo."

[Harry James holding two masks]

Item is a photograph taken at the Nanaimo Reserve showing Harry James with masks. Inscription on verso of print: "#2993 - Old ceremonial masks used by the Cowichan Indians on Vancouver Island, B.C. It is the belief of this descendent [sic] of the old mask makers that if these masks are sold or lost, a curse will descend on his family. Don Coltman Photo."

Mount Cheam near Hope

Inscription on verso of print reads: "Mt Cheam - Fraser Valley near Hope, B.C.. Cariboo Highway"
Stamp on verso of print "PUBLISHERS PLEASE NOTE / If published this photograph / must carry credit / Steffens-Colmer Photo"

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