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Image Not Available for Wooden box with grotesque carvings
Wooden box with grotesque carvings
Image Not Available for Wooden box with grotesque carvings
Object Number 69-30-10/2181
Display Title Wooden box with grotesque carvings
Descriptions
Object Description Wooden box with grotesque carvings
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Tlingit
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America / United States / Alaska
Provenance
Collector Capt. Edward Gustavus Fast (1867 - 1868)
Donor Capt. Edward Gustavus Fast (1869)

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