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Object Number 2004.29.3489
Display Title Koskimo woman, profile
Descriptions
Object Description Written on board: "Koskimo. Kwakuitle / Koskimo woman, showing artificial deformation of head. -- Jesup North Pacific Expedition"
Keywords
  • Grooming and Body Decoration
  • People and Family
  • Ethnographic
Subject
  • Head
  • Woman
  • Deformity
Department Photographic
Culture
  • Kwakwaka'wakw
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America / Canada / British Columbia
Dimensions Overall: 9.53 x 11.43 cm (3 3/4 x 4 1/2 in.)

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