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Small carved wooden bird
Small carved wooden bird
Object Number 31-29-10/K149
Display Title Small carved wooden bird
Descriptions
Inventory Description Carving, wood, bird figure, blue and black painted and incised features
Classification
  • Carving
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Western Arctic
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America / United States / Alaska
Additional Geographic Terms Northwest Coast
Materials Wood, Paint
Dimensions Overall: 8.5 x 4.6 x 3.6 cm (3 3/8 x 1 13/16 x 1 7/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object K/149
Provenance
Collector Unknown (?)
Donor Mr. Frederic H. Curtiss (1931)

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