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Carving
Object Number 88-51-10/50450
Display Title Carving
Descriptions
Inventory Description Sculpture, carved wood whales, red black and blue painted and incised decoration
Classification
  • Sculpture
Department Ethnographic
Date 19th century
Culture
  • Tlingit
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America / United States / Alaska / Sitka Borough / Sitka
Materials Wood
Dimensions Overall: 9 x 22 x 8 cm (3 9/16 x 8 11/16 x 3 1/8 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 88-51-10/50450 & 08-51-10/50450 & 4x1 / 1.52 / F##8 / Whale & Young / Sitka Alas
Provenance
Collector James G. Swan (?)
Donor Smithsonian Institution (1888)

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