Thunderbird and whale housepost ornament (second floor, Tozzer Library)

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Object Number 2004.24.30380

Display Title Thunderbird and whale housepost ornament (second floor, Tozzer Library)

Descriptions

Keywords

Effigy
Ethnographic

Subject

Feature
Post
Architecture

Department Photographic

Date 1982

Artist Hillel S. Burger

Culture

Kwakwaka'wakw

Geography/Provenience/Site Name

North America / Canada / British Columbia / Vancouver Island / Fort Rupert

Materials Negative, black and white

Dimensions Overall: 5.72 x 5.72 cm (2 1/4 x 2 1/4 in.)

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