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Blanket, geometrical designs
Object Number 2004.29.3628
Display Title Blanket, geometrical designs
Descriptions
Object Description Written on board: "Salish (Salishan) / Fraser River not dog hair / See leaflets of Heye Museum #5"
Keywords
  • Ethnographic
  • Furnishing
Subject
  • Blanket
Department Photographic
Culture
  • Interior Salish
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America / Canada / British Columbia
Additional Geographic Terms Fraser River area
Materials Gelatin silver print adhered to Paperboard
Dimensions Overall: 16.51 x 16.51 cm (6 1/2 x 6 1/2 in.)

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