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Object Number 2004.29.3454
Display Title Totem pole
Descriptions
Object Description Written on board: "Kwakiutl Indians. / C.F. Nowell's Totem Pole bought for Peabody Museum by Dr. C.F. Newcombe."
Keywords
  • Ethnographic
  • Effigy
Subject
  • Totem Pole
Department Photographic
Date 1899-1917
Artist Dr. Charles Frederick Newcombe
Culture
  • Kwakwaka'wakw
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America / Canada / British Columbia
Additional Geographic Terms Albert bay?
Dimensions Overall: 6.99 x 12.7 cm (2 3/4 x 5 in.)

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