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Carved and painted wooden ceremonial baton
Carved and painted wooden ceremonial baton
Object Number 41-77-10/23386
Display Title Carved and painted wooden ceremonial baton
Descriptions
Inventory Description Carving, wood, polychrome paint, anthropomorphic and zoomorphic figures
Classification
  • Carving
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Modern
  • Western Arctic
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America / United States / Alaska
Materials Wood, Pigment, Paint
Dimensions Overall: 42.2 x 4.9 x 2.2 cm (16 5/8 x 1 15/16 x 7/8 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 41-77-10/23386 & Totem Pole from Alaska
Provenance
Provenance Mrs. Samuel Cabot (1937)

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