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House post: one of a pair.
Object Number 21-13-10/87659
Display Title House post: one of a pair.
Descriptions
Classification
  • Ethnographic
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Kwakwaka'wakw
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America / Canada / British Columbia / Turnour Island / <City> / Kalokwis Village
North America / Canada / British Columbia / Turnour Island / Tlaeitsis
Materials Wood
Provenance
Collector Dr. Charles Frederick Newcombe (1921)
Donor Clarence Bloomfield Moore (1921)

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House post: one of a pair.
21-13-10/87660 House post: one of a pair.
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