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Bird carved from black slate
Object Number 94-57-10/R181
Display Title Bird carved from black slate
Descriptions
Object Description Bird carved from black slate; the tail, legs and feet are of bone, the bill of Dentalium shell.
Inventory Description Carved argillite and ivory bird, beak broken, feet, tail of ivory, oval pedesta
Classification
  • Carving
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Haida
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America / Canada / British Columbia / Queen Charlotte Islands
Materials Stone, Ivory
Dimensions Overall: 27.9 x 25.3 x 7.4 cm (11 x 9 15/16 x 2 15/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 94-57-10/R181
Credit Line Gift of Frederick H. Rindge, 1894
Provenance
Collector Frederick H. Rindge (?)
Donor Frederick H. Rindge (1894)

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