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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
- Mask
- Raw Material
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
Materials
Wood , Paint , Iron
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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