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Carved discs (with curvilinear design)
Carved discs (with curvilinear design)
Object Number 2004.29.3592
Display Title Carved discs (with curvilinear design)
Descriptions
Object Description Written on board: "(Koluschan) / Haida / From Queen Carlotte Island / See letter C.C. Parry, San Bernadine Times in Scrap Book Page / Received Feb. 16, 1876.
Keywords
  • Sculpture General
  • Ethnographic
Subject
  • Disc
  • Carved
Department Photographic
Date 1850-1876
Culture
  • Haida
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America / Canada / British Columbia / Queen Charlotte Islands
Materials Albumen print adhered to Paperboard
Dimensions Overall: 8.89 x 13.97 cm (3 1/2 x 5 1/2 in.)

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