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Carved wooden animal figure
Carved wooden animal figure
Object Number 15-14-10/86043
Display Title Carved wooden animal figure
Descriptions
Object Description Carved wooden animal figure, Kaakaa transforming into the land otter.
Inventory Description Sculpture, carved/painted zoomorphic figure, crouching, horned figure on back
Classification
  • Sculpture
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Bella Coola?
  • Bella Bella?
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America / United States / Alaska
Materials Wood
Dimensions Overall: 11.7 x 68.2 x 18 cm (4 5/8 x 26 7/8 x 7 1/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 15-14-10/86043; #552 Alaska
Provenance
Collector Grace A. Nicholson
Donor Mr. Lewis Hobart Farlow (1915)

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