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Object Number
69-30-10/1625
Display Title
Carved cedar and abalone staff with down and hair
Descriptions
Object Description
Carved cedar and abalone staff with down and hair. Combination of full-relief carving with flat rectangular standard at one end, carved in low-relief. Depicts bear riding on killer whale. Bear and killerwhale figures, in full-relief, have abalone inlays. Hair attachments along one rim of standard; opercula inlays along other. Down cuff on handle.
Inventory Description
Wooden staff, carved, painted whale and bear figure, shell, teeth, hair, deco.
Classification
- Staff
Department
Ethnographic
Date
19th century
Culture
- Historic Period
- Kaagwaantaan?
- Tlingit?
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America
/
United States
/
Alaska
/
Admiralty Islands
/
Angoon?
Additional Geographic Terms
Klukwan?; Chilkat?
Dimensions
Overall: 177 x 13 x 6 cm (69 11/16 x 5 1/8 x 2 3/8 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
1625
Provenance
Collector
Capt. Edward Gustavus Fast
(10/01/1867-07/01/1868)
Dealer
Capt. Edward Gustavus Fast
(01/01/1869)
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