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Argillite Totem Pole

Date1879
Mediumargillite
DimensionsOther: 40 × 9 × 8.3 cm (15 3/4 × 3 9/16 × 3 1/4 in.)
ClassificationsCeremonial Objects
Paper Field ReferencesCMH VII-B-786
Object numberHRC 00786
Descriptionon a round base. seated bear at bottom, feet facing each other, show of teeth, then thunderbird wiht hooked beak pegged in, wings facing down front, full teeth. above is another seated bear, this one has mouth closed. on top is small man carved from the waist up, wearing a cap. back of pole only slightly carved out.
collected in Skidegate
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