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29-175-427

From: Canada | British Columbia | Vancouver Island

Curatorial Section: American

Object Number 29-175-427
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Kwakiutl
Provenience Canada | British Columbia | Vancouver Island
Culture Area Northwest Coast Culture Area
Section American
Materials Wood
Description

Striking end (12cm. long) wider than handle. Has on one side in low relief, crude top half of a body; hands shown holding a stick, face surmounted with a "crown". Rest of striking end covered with two sets of slanting vertical cuts between three sets of short horizontal cuts. Tip of handle slightly flared. (Possibly a ceremonial baton?)

Length 44.7 cm
Width 5 cm
Credit Line Exchange with George G. Heye, 1917
Other Number 6/9645 - Collector Number

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