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Wawadit'la, also known as Mungo Martin House, a Kwakwaka'wakw "big house", with heraldic pole. Built by Chief Mungo Martin in 1953. Located at Thunderbird Park in Victoria, British Columbia.
Wawadit'la, also known as Mungo Martin House, a Kwakwaka'wakw "big house", with heraldic pole. Built by Chief Mungo Martin in 1953. Located at Thunderbird Park in Victoria, British Columbia.[1]

This image is used in the articles Kwakwaka'wakw, Potlatch, Culture by region, Canada, Victoria, British Columbia, and Thunderbird Park. I think it best depicts the Kwakwaka'wakw. It depicts a Kwakwaka'wakw big house and three Kwakwaka'wakw totem poles. The structures range in date of creation from 1953 through 1981. The image has a good caption with a wonderful citation. This is one of my own pictures, so this is a self nomination. HighInBC 21:09, 8 September 2006 (UTC)

  • Due to a lack of voting I am mentioning this page on the talk pages of the articles this image appears on. HighInBC 13:30, 11 September 2006 (UTC)
  • Nominate and support. - HighInBC 21:09, 8 September 2006 (UTC)
  • Weak support. Needs perspective correction, but I'd like to see this pass just so I can put Kwakwaka'wakw on the Main Page. :) howcheng {chat} 23:06, 8 September 2006 (UTC)
  • Weak support. Good technical picture, but I'm not sure what the subject is. And is the building on the right part of the subject? If not then it's distracting. The building in the background is a little distracting --Tewy 23:15, 8 September 2006 (UTC)
  • The building on the right is the Royal British Columbia Museum, it contains alot of exhibits relating to natives including the Kwakwaka'wakw, but is not really part of the subject. I cannot think of a way to get an image of both the big house and the totem poles at a reasonable angle without getting the museum. HighInBC 23:43, 8 September 2006 (UTC)
  • Support -- Great quality --ZeWrestler Talk 16:16, 9 September 2006 (UTC)
  • Oppose I'd say this is a near miss. The photo has some strong FP qualities, but the lighting does not highlight the main subject and other elements seem to distract too much. SteveHopson 21:14, 9 September 2006 (UTC)
  • The reason I'm not voting it's because I don't find the image FP but on other hand, I find it not that bad. So if I have to vote, I'm Neutral. I think it's the same case for others who have not voted yet. Arad 00:21, 12 September 2006 (UTC)
  • Oppose. Perspective problems, not engaging. --Dante Alighieri | Talk 17:18, 16 September 2006 (UTC)
  • Oppose Overexposed section of the sky, not a very striking subject. Also the setting with the green lawn etc looks somewhat unnatural - could be wrong about that tho. --Fir0002 02:09, 17 September 2006 (UTC)
  1. ^ Thunderbird Park – A Place of Cultural Sharing. Royal British Columbia Museum. Retrieved on 2006-06-24. House built by Mungo Martin and David Martin with carpenter Robert J. Wallace. Based on Chief Nakap'ankam's house in Tsaxis (Fort Rupert). The house "bears on its house-posts the hereditary crests of Martin's family." It continues to be used for ceremonies with the permission of Chief Oast'akalagalis 'Walas 'Namugwis (Peter Knox, Martin's grandson) and Mable Knox. Pole carved by Mungo Martin, David Martin and Mildred Hunt. "Rather than display his own crests on the pole, which was customary, Martin chose to include crests representing the A'wa'etlala, Kwagu'l, 'Nak'waxda'xw and 'Namgis Nations. In this way, the pole represents and honours all the Kwakwaka'wakw people."


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