Object Details
- Collection History
- Collection history unknown; purchased by MAI from an unknown source in 1951.
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- Data Source
- National Museum of the American Indian
- Culture/People
- Nuu-chah-nulth (Nootka)
- Date created
- 1800-1900
- Object Name
- Totem pole
- Media/Materials
- Wood, paint
- Techniques
- Carved, painted
- Object Type
- Sculpture/Carving/Figures
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