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Ceremonial dish slate with raven and owl totems
Ceremonial dish slate with raven and owl totems
Object Number 2004.29.3401
Display Title Ceremonial dish slate with raven and owl totems
Descriptions
Object Description Written on board: "Skittagetan. Haida. Haida Indian ceremonial dish, carved out of black slate with raven and owl totems, crest of the Raven Clan; "McCord National Museum, McGill University"."
Keywords
  • Ethnographic
  • Effigy
Subject
  • Totem Pole
Department Photographic
Culture
  • Haida
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America / Canada / British Columbia / Queen Charlotte Islands / Skittag'ntan
Materials Print, black and white adhered to Paperboard
Dimensions Overall: 8.89 x 13.34 cm (3 1/2 x 5 1/4 in.)

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