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Object Number
17-17-10/87203
Display Title
H oawina (raven mask)
Descriptions
Indigenous Term
h oawina
Inventory Description
Carved wooden bird mask, bark hair, feathers on top, painted, bag of loose bark
Classification
- Mask
Department
Ethnographic
Culture
- Kwakwaka'wakw
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America
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Canada
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British Columbia
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Gwa I
Additional Geographic Terms
Kingcome Inlet; Queen Charlotte Sound
Materials
Wood, Bark, Feather
Dimensions
Overall: 125 x 100 x 34 cm (49 3/16 x 39 3/8 x 13 3/8 in.)
Quantity
2
Provenance
Expedition
Peabody Museum Expedition
(1917)
Collector
Dr. Charles Frederick Newcombe
(09/1917)
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