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Argillite Totem Pole
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Argillite Totem Pole
Argillite Totem Pole

Argillite Totem Pole

Date1899
Mediumargillite
DimensionsOther: 31 × 6.8 × 6.8 cm (12 3/16 × 2 11/16 × 2 11/16 in.)
ClassificationsCeremonial Objects
Paper Field ReferencesCMH VII-B-806
Object numberHRC 00806
Descriptionsmall carved argillite totem pole figures from top to bottom are; beaver, raven with hooked beak holding halibut. killer whale with upturned flukes holding halibut in its mouth, banded dorsal fin represented below flukes. back hollowed, attached to base.
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