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Bird mask; raven sun clan made with beak in four parts; quax emlh
Bird mask; raven sun clan made with beak in four parts; quax emlh
Object Number 2004.24.30152
Display Title Bird mask; raven sun clan made with beak in four parts; quax emlh
Descriptions
Object Description Bird Mask. NW Coast Kwakwaka’wakw
Keywords
  • Ethnographic
  • Mask and Headdress
Subject
  • Mask
  • Bird
  • Wood
Department Photographic
Date 1982
Artist Hillel S. Burger
Culture
  • Kwakwaka'wakw
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America / Canada / British Columbia / Harbledown Island
Additional Geographic Terms Tsatsichnukwomi; Queen Charlotte Sound
Materials Negative, black and white
Dimensions Overall: 10.16 x 12.7 cm (4 x 5 in.)

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