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Object Number 65-7-10/44103
Display Title Stone carving - 2 (grey) stone totem poles on platform.
Descriptions
Object Description Stone carving - 2 (grey) stone totem poles on platform. 1 totem consists of 2 double faced heads with bird on top; other is of walrus with bear and fish on top
Inventory Description Carving, stone, 2 totem poles with human and zoomorphic figures on platform/
Classification
  • Carving
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Inuit
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America / Canada / Northwest Territories / <County> / Resolute Bay
Additional Geographic Terms Hudson Bay region
Materials Stone
Dimensions Overall: 10.8 x 7.5 x 3.2 cm (4 1/4 x 2 15/16 x 1 1/4 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 65-7-10/44103; Resolute Bay; October 1965
Provenance
Provenance Chauncey C. Nash (1965)
Donor Chauncey C. Nash

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