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Object Number
987-27-10/71211
Display Title
Log Carrier
Descriptions
Object Description
Log carrier, for fireplace use, with unusually fine decoration of hunter with bow & tomahawk confronting a moose among trees; other side hunter with bow & tomahawk behind deer among plants. Wood frame, bent wood handle with design, bark sides.
Inventory Description
Container, wooden, thick frame, open ends, handle, zoomorphic and anthropomorphi
Classification
- Container
Department
Ethnographic
Date
1875-1900
Artist
Tomah Joseph
Culture
- Penobscot
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America
/
United States
/
Maine
Materials
Wood, Bark, Metal, Birchbark
Dimensions
Overall: 46 x 46 x 34 cm (18 1/8 x 18 1/8 x 13 3/8 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
987-27-10/71211
Provenance
Collector
Byron Harvey, III
(10/27/1987)
Dealer
Norman Hurst
Intermediary
Dr. Ian W. Brown
Donor
Byron Harvey, III
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