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Object Number
17-17-10/87205
Display Title
Mask of hohog; hamsiwi
Descriptions
Object Description
Mask of hohog; hamsiwi
Inventory Description
Wooden bird mask, painted with bark hair, hinged beak.
Classification
- Mask
Department
Ethnographic
Culture
- Kwakwaka'wakw
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America
/
Canada
/
British Columbia
/
Harbledown Island
/
Tsatsichinukwomi
Additional Geographic Terms
Queen Charlotte Sound
Materials
Wood, Bark
Dimensions
Overall: 42 x 66 x 38 cm (16 9/16 x 26 x 14 15/16 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
87205
Provenance
Expedition
Peabody Museum Expedition
(1917)
Collector
Dr. Charles Frederick Newcombe
(1917)
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