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Argillite totem pole; carved animals and ancestors
Argillite totem pole; carved animals and ancestors
Object Number 2004.24.30036
Display Title Argillite totem pole; carved animals and ancestors
Descriptions
Keywords
  • Ethnographic
  • Effigy
Subject
  • Totem Pole
  • Argillite
Department Photographic
Date 1982
Artist Hillel S. Burger
Culture
  • Haida
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America / Canada / British Columbia / Queen Charlotte Islands
Materials Negative, black and white
Dimensions Overall: 10.16 x 12.7 cm (4 x 5 in.)

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