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Selt or snake, Tsimshian of Gitwanga, British Columbia. Pastel by W. Langdon Kihn

Date created

21 Nov 2022

Project type

Item

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Creator

Nicola Cook | Wellcome Collection

Status

Active

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Description

This pastel was created by Wilfred (or William) Langdon Kihn (1898-1957) possibly in the 1920s.

Henry Wellcome (1853-1936) purchased many pastel drawings and watercolours for the Wellcome Historical Medical Museum in the early 20th century, as he and Kihn had an interest in documenting the lives and culture of Indigenous people of America and the First Nations. This is one of the 18 portraits that are still held in the Wellcome Collection today.

In addition to the Open to Collaborate Notice applied to our whole collection, we are applying an Attribution Incomplete notice to this item because the information we have about this portrait is incomplete and possibly inaccurate, particularly the name or identity of the sitter. Although the name is written on the back of the portrait, there is evidence in our documentation whether this reads “Selt” or “Lelt”.

This item will be loaned to the exhibition “Empowering Art: Indigenous Creativity and Activism from North America’s Northwest Coast” held at Sainsbury Centre, Norwich UK, 12 March-30 July 2023. Further information about the exhibition can be found here: https://www.sainsburycentre.ac.uk/whats-on/empowering-art-indigenous-creativity-and-activism-from-north-americas-northwest-coast/

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Nicola Cook
n.cook@wellcome.org

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6de7e208-68de-497f-a624-07b630780267

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fj677cwa

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TK Outreach (TK O)


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This Label is being used to indicate that this material is traditionally and usually not publicly available. The Label is correcting a misunderstanding about the circulation options for this material and letting any users know that this material can be used for educational outreach activities. This Label asks you to respect the designated circulation conditions for this material and additionally, where possible, to develop a means for fair and equitable reciprocal exchange for the use of this material with the relevant TK holders. This exchange might include access to educational or other resources that are difficult to access under normal circumstances.

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This Label affirms that the representation and presentation of this material is in keeping with Southwest Community expectations and cultural protocols. It lets you know that for the individual, family or community represented in this material, use is considered fair, reasonable and respectful.

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Esta etiqueta indica que la manera en la que este material está siendo representado respeta las expectativas y protocolos culturales de la comunidad de origen. Esta etiqueta comunica que el individuo, familia o comunidad creadores del material circulante consideran que este está siendo representado de manera justa, razonable y respetuosa.

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