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Object Number 2004.29.3478
Display Title Companion totem poles to those at the Museum
Descriptions
Object Description Written on board: "Kwakiutl Indians / Companion poles to those sent to Museum - not for sale. / Collected by Dr. C.F. Newcombe."
Keywords
  • Ethnographic
  • Effigy
  • Field
Subject
  • Totem Pole
Department Photographic
Artist Dr. Charles Frederick Newcombe
Culture
  • Kwakwaka'wakw
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America
Dimensions Overall: 7.9375 × 10.4775 cm (3 1/8 × 4 1/8 in.)

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