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Legend of Bear Mother

Donor Phillips Dalzell

Date1875-1900

MediumPrints

Dimensions20.5 × 25.2 cm (8 1/16 × 9 15/16 in.)

ClassificationsPhotographs

Credit LineSmithsonian Institution #29441

Terms

Argillite

Object numberPh 03911

DescriptionBlack and white photo of an argillite scuplture dipicting one of the bear mother stories in which the berry picker is giving birth to her child by caesarean section with two grizzly bears assisting. 7" high.

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