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Object Number 69-30-10/65445
Display Title Ornament for headdress representing killer whale
Descriptions
Object Description Ornament for headdress representing killer whale. Depicts killerwhale fin with hole.
Inventory Description Carved wooden ornament, whale head with large fin, perforated, polychrome.
Classification
  • Raw Material
  • Ornament
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Daklaweidi?
  • Kluckwan?
  • Angoon?
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America / United States / Alaska
Materials Wood
Dimensions Overall: 15 x 9 x 1.9 cm (5 7/8 x 3 9/16 x 3/4 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 69-30-10/65445
Provenance
Collector Capt. Edward Gustavus Fast (10/01/1867-07/01/1868)
Donor Capt. Edward Gustavus Fast (01/01/1869)

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