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Object Number 2004.29.3545
Display Title Woman weaving basket. Wakashan Indians
Descriptions
Object Description Written on board: "Wakashan Indians / West Coast, Vancouver Island, B.C. / For Prof. F. W. Putnam from Sumner W. Matteson"
Keywords
  • Manufacture and General Utility
  • Ethnographic
Subject
  • Basket weaving
Department Photographic
Culture
  • Nootka
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America / Canada / British Columbia / Vancouver Island
Additional Geographic Terms West Coast
Dimensions Overall: 12.07 x 17.15 cm (4 3/4 x 6 3/4 in.)
Provenance
Donor Donated by Sumner W. Matteson

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