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Maker(s):Anonymous
Culture:ProbabNative American; Haida
Title:Miniature Totem Pole
Date Made:1865-1960
Type:Ceremonial
Materials:argillite
Place Made:Canada; Northwest Coast; British Columbia; Haida Gwaii (Queen Charlotte Islands)
Measurements:18 1/8 in.; 46.0375 cm
Accession Number:  SC 1960.122
Credit Line:Gift of Charlotte Heussy McAllister, class of 1930
Museum Collection:  Smith College Museum of Art
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Description:
Likely depicts an eagle on top, followed by a high-ranking man (with his eyes closed, to symbolize that he is deceased), a wolf, and a bear (with frogs carved into his ears) AP2018

Tags:
totem poles; birds

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