Photographers:
Connections:
LL/105271
Frederick Dally
1866, 24 May
First Nations Peoples, New Westminster : 'Harrison River Indians encamped at New Westminster, May 24 1866'

Albumen print
14.0 x 16.5 cm (image)
 
Royal Collection
RCIN 2368847
 
Photograph of two Indigenous Canadians facing the viewer and surrounded by tarpaulins and rush matting acting as temporary shelters. The man on the left stands, holding a long, narrow basket over his left arm. On the left and hanging from a pole, are fish hung to dry.
 
Eulachon fish were often known as 'candle fish' due to their large amount of body fat that they could be dried and burned as a candle
 
LL/105271


 

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