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Object Number 2004.29.3551
Display Title News clipping showing a thunder-bird grave totem
Descriptions
Object Description Written on board: "British Columbia, Canada / Probably Wakashan-- / Containing a "lake" in its back! A thunder-bird grave totem from the burial-place of a chief of the British Columbia Indians. / Aboriginal Art of Indians of British Columbia. / These clippings were taken from The Illustrated London News. Not to be reproduced -- For reference use only."
Department Photographic
Culture
  • Wakashan?
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America / Canada / British Columbia
Dimensions Overall: 9.525 × 6.0325 cm (3 3/4 × 2 3/8 in.)
Quantity 1

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