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Argillite Totem Pole

Date1879

Mediumargillite, abalone shell

DimensionsOther: 6 × 6.8 cm (2 3/8 × 2 11/16 in.)

ClassificationsCeremonial Objects

Terms

Paper Field ReferencesCMH VII-B-829

Object numberHRC 00829

Descriptionsmall argillite totem pole with carved figures. figures from top to bottom are bird, possibly a raven, wolf (/) with abalone she3ll inlaid in eyes, bear with a wide grinning mouth holding a fox(?). attached base, hollow back. quite light.
collected in Skidegate
Exhibition HistoryCNR (01-30)

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