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Argillite Totem Pole attrb Tom Price

Mediumargillite

DimensionsOther: 49.6 × 12.9 cm (19 1/2 × 5 1/16 in.)

ClassificationsCeremonial Objects

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Paper Field ReferencesCMH VII-B-785

Object numberHRC 00785

Descriptionon an oval base, with a grizzly bear at bottom with back legs and fore legs bent and showing teeth. above him sits a face with a largge beak which extend upwards and joins the lower jaw of a woman with a labret. an eagel sits at the top of the pole with wings folded in on either side, and a small bear's head between his ears.
attrb to Tom Price
collected in Skidegate
Published References'Haida Carvers in Argillite' Marius Barbeau

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