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Argillite Statuette
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Argillite Statuette
Argillite Statuette

Argillite Statuette

Date1899
Mediumargillite
DimensionsOther: 13.6 × 3.5 × 19.7 cm (5 3/8 × 1 3/8 × 7 3/4 in.)
ClassificationsCeremonial Objects
Paper Field ReferencesCMH VII-B-796
Object numberHRC 00796
Descriptionmain figure is four legged animal, toothless, with bushy tail, perhaps a wolf. beneath his chin is beaver, showing incisors and tail. underneath belly, on eacch side of statuette, appears face and forepaws of small animal resembling main figure.
Published References'Haida Myths' Marius Barbeau
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