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Object Number
05-7-10/65586
Display Title
Totem
Descriptions
Object Description
'Death totem' (old)
Inventory Description
Carved wooden figurine, human holding fish, circular pedestal
Classification
- Raw Material
- Figurine
Department
Ethnographic
Culture
- Kwakwaka'wakw
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America
/
Canada
/
British Columbia
/
Vancouver Island
Materials
Wood
Dimensions
Overall: 32.5 x 11 x 10 cm (12 13/16 x 4 5/16 x 3 15/16 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
65586 & 5
Provenance
Collector
Grace A. Nicholson
(?)
Donor
Mr. Lewis Hobart Farlow
(1905)
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