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Object Number 2004.24.32266
Display Title Grease Skimmer, Kwakwaka’wakw
Descriptions
Keywords
  • Household
Subject
  • Cooking Utensil
Department Photographic
Date 1989
Artist Hillel S. Burger
Culture
  • Kwakwaka'wakw
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America / Canada / British Columbia / Gura Island
Additional Geographic Terms Kingcome Inlet
Dimensions Overall: 10.16 x 12.7 cm (4 x 5 in.)

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