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Argillite Totem Pole

Artist Charles Edenshaw

Date1879

Mediumargillite

DimensionsOther: 57.2 × 6.4 cm (22 1/2 × 2 1/2 in.)

ClassificationsCeremonial Objects

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Paper Field ReferencesCMH VII-B-828

Object numberHRC 00828

Descriptiontotem pole with grizzly bear at bottom with sea animal, shark above, with face with killerwhale nose between shark's legs. top figure, human, a chief wearing a conical hat with 4 rings. back side slightly hollowed.
collected in Skidegate

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