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Carved wood figure with beads attached
Object Number 94-38-10/87062
Display Title Carved wood figure with beads attached
Descriptions
Inventory Description Figurine, carved wood with strings of beads attached at neck
Classification
  • Medicine bundle
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Montagnais
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America / Canada
Additional Geographic Terms Northeastern Canada
Materials Wood, Leather, Glass, Bead
Dimensions Overall: 6.5 x 14.5 x 2.5 cm (2 9/16 x 5 11/16 x 1 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 87062
Provenance
Intermediary Archibald R. Tisdale (1892)
Collector Pere Charles Arnaud (1892)

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