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Thunder Bird Mask (Dgidgunas)E175523-0

FROM CARD: "DENAXDAX=KWAKIUTL. DANAXDOX TRIBE. (DIDN'T CHECK ? 9/61-RAE) ILLUS. IN USNM REPT, 1895; FIG. 37; P. 415. FROM AN ORIGINAL TAG: "DGIDGUNAS MASK OR THE THUNDER BIRD OF THE BALALAGILOQ FAMILY OF THE DANAXDOX TRIBE." WOODEN, WITH SEPARATE JAW, FOREPART OF HEAD ONLY, WITH CURVED BEAK, PAINTED RED, BLUE AND BLACK, EYE PART WHITE. 9/1961 THE BARK OR OTHER FRINGES ONCE ON THIS ARE NOW GONE.-R. ELDER."Catalogue card for E175524 indicates that E175523 fits on top of E175524.

Culture
Kwakiutl (Kwakwaka'wakw) and Tenaktak
Made in
Fort Rupert, British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
National Museum of Natural History
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