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Bear

Date1895-1901

Mediumcedar, paint

DimensionsOther: 72 × 20 × 74 cm (28 3/8 × 7 7/8 × 29 1/8 in.)

ClassificationsCeremonial Objects

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Haida

Paper Field ReferencesCMH VII-B-668

Object numberHRC 00668

Descriptionhigh relief carving of a bear carved from one piece of very thick cedar representing a bear with raised paws, protruding tongue and curled nose. painted black, white and purple.
looks like part of a mortuary plaque
collected in Skidegate.
Exhibition HistoryNGC (?-27)

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