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Object Number 997-20-10/74719
Display Title Model totem pole
Descriptions
Object Description Model totem pole, relief carved and painted, witheagle surmounting a frog, above a whale, above a frog,terminating in a humanoid mask at the base.
Inventory Description Sculpture, carved and painted totem pole, zoomporhic figures
Classification
  • Sculpture
Department Ethnographic
Date 20th century
Culture
  • Kwakwaka'wakw
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America / Canada / British Columbia
Dimensions Overall: 51.1 x 5.5 x 3.6 cm (20 1/8 x 2 3/16 x 1 7/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 997-20-10/74719
Credit Line Gift of Harriet C. Cushman
Provenance
Collector William Allen Cushman (1930-1940 ca.)
Donor Harriet C. Cushman (8/14/97)

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