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Object Number 2004.24.14058
Display Title Tobacco Mortar, Whalebone
Descriptions
Object Description Koluschan - Tlingit
Keywords
  • Studio
  • Smoking and Stimulant
  • Ethnographic
Subject
  • Tobacco Mortar
Department Photographic
Date 1934
Artist Frederick P. Orchard
Culture
  • Tlingit
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America / United States / Alaska
Dimensions Overall: 10.16 x 16.51 cm (4 x 6 1/2 in.)

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