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Object Number
2004.29.3444
Display Title
Effigy of toothed woman in story related by Boas
Descriptions
Object Description
Typed note on board: "No. 1. Toothed woman of story related by Boas, Indianische Sagen v. der. N. Pac. Küste Amerikas 135-197. / Photographed 1899 by Dr. C. F. Newcombe. / Tsatsichnukwomi- Denachtach Division of Kwakiutl / See other card."
Keywords
- Effigy
- Ethnographic
Subject
- Face
- Effigy
Department
Photographic
Date
1899-1917
Artist
Dr. Charles Frederick Newcombe
Culture
- Kwakwaka'wakw
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America
/
Canada
/
British Columbia
/
Harbledown Island
/
Tsatisichnukwomi
Additional Geographic Terms
Queen Charlotte Sound
Dimensions
Overall: 6.99 x 9.53 cm (2 3/4 x 3 3/4 in.)
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