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43-1-1

From: Canada | British Columbia | Queen Charlotte Islands

Curatorial Section: American

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Object Number 43-1-1
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Haida
Provenience Canada | British Columbia | Queen Charlotte Islands
Culture Area Northwest Coast Culture Area
Section American
Materials Argillite
Description

Fine grained black argillite (slate). Oval with rather small flat oval base and sloping basal shoulder. Narrow flat rim with ten rectangular depressions that probably originally held abalone shell insets. Large high relief salmon in centre, surrounded by incised design of the eagle.

Height 5.5 cm
Length 63.9 cm
Width 42.5 cm
Credit Line Purchased from Mrs. J. G. Worth, 1943

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