Plaque
Date1895-1901
Mediumred cedar
DimensionsOther: 44 × 10 × 90 cm (17 5/16 × 3 15/16 × 35 7/16 in.)
ClassificationsCeremonial Objects
Terms
Paper Field ReferencesCMH VII-B-547
Object numberHRC 00547
Descriptioncarved board from single piece of wood. in centre, a large front view bird's head carved in relief, with downward pointing beak. at base of beak, a small human like, smiling face, also carved in relief. wings are carved in low relief on either side of the head; other ffeatures of claws and ovoid form joints are incised into surface of wood.in Newcombes catalogue he describes it as Coffin board of yellow cedar. representing the raven crest. ancient
collected in Ts'aahl
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1879
c. 1879
1895-1901
1895-1901
1909
1895-1901
July 1899
c. 1879
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