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Carved stone on which coppers are broken; Head Carving.
Carved stone on which coppers are broken; Head Carving.
Object Number 2004.29.3445
Display Title Carved stone on which coppers are broken; Head Carving.
Descriptions
Object Description Typed note on board: "No. 3. Carved stone on which coppers are 'broken'. Photographed May, 1917. C.F.N. Tsatsichnukwomi- Denachtach Division of Kwakiutl / See other card."
Keywords
  • Sculpture
  • Ethnographic
  • Effigy
Subject
  • Head
  • Effigy
  • Stone
Department Photographic
Date May 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
Materials Gelatin silver print adhered to Paperboard
Dimensions Overall: 7.62 x 8.26 cm (3 x 3 1/4 in.)

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