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Object Number 00-4-10/55167
Display Title Whalebone club
Descriptions
Inventory Description Carved whalebone club, totem carving of fish, human and animal
Classification
  • Club
  • Raw Material
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Northwest Coast
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America / United States
Materials Bone
Dimensions Overall: 55.5 x 6 x 1.6 cm (21 7/8 x 2 3/8 x 5/8 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 00-4-10/55167
Provenance
Collector Unknown (?)
Donor A. W. Robinson (1900)

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