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Object Number 17-17-10/87197
Display Title Mask of eagle-thunder bird
Descriptions
Indigenous Term Kwiuh
Object Description Mask of eagle-thunder bird
Inventory Description Carved wooden eagle mask, hinged beak, painted, broken.
Classification
  • Raw Material
  • Mask
Department Ethnographic
Date 1917 or earlier
Culture
  • Kwakwaka'wakw
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America / Canada / British Columbia / Harbledown Island / Tsatsichinukwomi
Additional Geographic Terms Queen Charlotte Sound
Dimensions Overall: 35.9 x 30.7 x 21.1 cm (14 1/8 x 12 1/16 x 8 5/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 17-17-10/87197 & 15/116
Credit Line Peabody Museum Expedition, 1917
Provenance
Expedition Peabody Museum Expedition (1917)
Collector Dr. Charles Frederick Newcombe (09/1917)

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