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figure

human history
  • Description

    human figure with hat, lip plate and decorative cape crouching with a bear like figure seated between its legs. The figures arms are outstretched hovering over the bears head and the hands have orbs around them which are semi attached to the bear. Carved from soapstone or argillite.

  • Place
    Alaska/United States of America
  • Accession Date
    1908
  • Other Id

    12333 (ethnology)

  • Department

    World

figure, 12333 Cultural Permissions Apply

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  • figure, 12333 Cultural Permissions Apply
  • figure, 12333 Cultural Permissions Apply
  • figure, 12333 Cultural Permissions Apply
  • figure, 12333 Cultural Permissions Apply
  • figure, 12333 Cultural Permissions Apply
  • figure, 12333 Cultural Permissions Apply
  • figure, 12333 Cultural Permissions Apply

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