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Small totem pole (staff)
Small totem pole (staff)
Object Number 39-115-10/18666
Display Title Small totem pole (staff)
Descriptions
Object Description Small totem pole (staff)
Inventory Description Wooden staff, carved anthropomorphic/zoomorphic figures, faded paint.
Classification
  • Raw Material
  • Staff
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Tlingit
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America / United States / Alaska
Materials Wood
Dimensions Overall: 88.2 x 5.7 x 3.4 cm (34 3/4 x 2 1/4 x 1 5/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 39-115-10/18666
Provenance
Collector I. C. Russell (1891)
Donor Evelyn Drage (December 7, 1939)

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