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Object Number 14-27-10/85840
Display Title Half of slate 'looking glass' carved to represent bear's head
Descriptions
Object Description Half of slate 'looking glass' carved to represent bear's head
Inventory Description Carving, black stone, flat and rectangular, zoomorphic facial features, broken
Classification
  • Carving
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Gitksan
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America / Canada / British Columbia / <County> / Kishgagass Village
Additional Geographic Terms Babine River
Materials Stone
Dimensions Overall: 7.9 x 9.2 x 0.5 cm (3 1/8 x 3 5/8 x 3/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 14-27-10/85840
Provenance
Collector Lt. George Thornton Emmons (?)
Donor Lt. George Thornton Emmons (1914)

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