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Halibut Pin(?)
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Halibut Pin(?)
Halibut Pin(?)

Halibut Pin(?)

Date1897
Mediumwood, paint
DimensionsOther: 14.9 × 1.7 × 37.2 cm (5 7/8 × 11/16 × 14 5/8 in.)
ClassificationsCeremonial Objects
Paper Field ReferencesCMH VII-B-239
Object numberHRC 00239
Descriptioncarved halibut from cedar; slightly convex with back hollowed out. painted as fish in black and red; paointed on tail is a human face. "salmon face motif" with fins along top and bottom edges and an extra fin. numerous small holes bored in wood from bugs.
collected in Cumshewa
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