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Drying frame for large skins, with goat's skin; kigatsi
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Object Number 17-17-10/87123
Display Title Drying frame for large skins, with goat's skin; kigatsi
Descriptions
Indigenous Term kigatsi
Object Description Drying frame for large skins, with goat's skin; kigatsi
Inventory Description Frame, wooden slats and sticks, goat pelt
Classification
  • Tools
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Kwakwaka'wakw
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America / Canada / British Columbia / <County> / <City> / Gwa I
Additional Geographic Terms Kingcome Inlet; Queen Charlotte Sound
Materials Wood, Fur
Dimensions Overall: 160 x 3.5 x 1.7 cm (63 x 1 3/8 x 11/16 in.)
Quantity 8
Label on object 17-17-10/87123
Provenance
Expedition Peabody Museum Expedition (1917)

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