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Frederick Dally
T'Sou-ke woman : 'Sooke Indian Woman daughter of the above'
1870 (ca)
Albumen print
5.6 x 4.4 cm (image)
The Royal Collection
RCIN 2368839
LL/105227
Photograph of an Indigenous Canadian woman in a head and shoulder length portrait, facing the viewer. She wears her hair long and wears a cape fastened at the neck.
This is a woman from the T'Sou-ke Nation who took their name from anglicised name of Sooke, a town situated on the southern tip of Vancouver Island. The mother of the woman who features in this portrait can be seen in RCIN 2368838.
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