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Argillite Medicine Man
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Argillite Medicine Man
Argillite Medicine Man

Argillite Medicine Man

Date1885
Mediumargillite
DimensionsOther: 20.3 × 7.6 × 10.8 cm (8 × 3 × 4 1/4 in.)
ClassificationsCeremonial Objects
Paper Field ReferencesCMH VII-B-744
Object numberHRC 00744
Descriptionman holding curved rattle in one hand, bone stick in other, also bone through nose, wearing headdress, necklace and long skirt, porbably a shaman.
collected in Skidegate
Exhibition HistoryIndian Affairs CCE Ottawa (8-38) - (9-38) CHA Toronto (6-33) Exhibit Stratford (6-60) - (9-60) NGC Mexico (10-60) - (3-61) $300 U. of Montreal (12-64) - (2-65) $550 Vancouver Art Gallery (6-67) - (11-67) $600 Grace Miller E9.2.105/c (7-75) - (10-75) Children of the Raven VMMB E9.0.34/c (11-75) - (7-81) CCI Storage (7-81) - (7-83)
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