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Trapezoidal-shaped backrest (a) made of thin willow rods tied together with sinew and edged with red wool cloth. The top of the backrest has a "handle" of deer hide covered with red wool cloth that hangs down in two bands that are woven into the top of the backrest. The handle is used to suspend the backrest from a tripod of wood sticks (b). Condition: good. Some soiling on wool cloth.

Material: willow backrest, wool, deer hide, wood sinew tripod and hide
Holding Institution: Brooklyn Museum

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CHIEFLY FEASTS: THE ENDURING KWAKIUTL POTLACH. JONAITIS, ALDONA EXHIBITION CATALOG, 1991

Culture: Kwakwaka'wakw: Neweltee
Material: wood, pigment and metal
Made in: Neweltee, British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution: American Museum of Natural History

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SECOND REPORT ON THE ESKIMO OF BAFFIN LAND AND HUDSON BAY. FROM NOTES COLLECTED BY CAPTAIN GEORGE COMER, CAPTAIN JAMES S. MUTCH, AND REV. E.J. PECK. BOAS, FRANZ BULLETIN, 15, 1907

Culture: Eskimo
Material: bone
Made in: Hudson Bay, Canada
Holding Institution: American Museum of Natural History

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Culture: Eskimo
Material: bone
Made in: Hudson Bay, Canada
Holding Institution: American Museum of Natural History

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Culture: Eskimo
Material: bone
Made in: Hudson Bay, Canada
Holding Institution: American Museum of Natural History

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Culture: Eskimo
Material: bone
Made in: Hudson Bay, Canada
Holding Institution: American Museum of Natural History

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Culture: Eskimo
Material: bone
Made in: Hudson Bay, Canada
Holding Institution: American Museum of Natural History

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Culture: Eskimo
Material: wood
Made in: Hudson Bay, Canada
Holding Institution: American Museum of Natural History

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Culture: Eskimo
Material: bone
Made in: Hudson Bay, Canada
Holding Institution: American Museum of Natural History

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Culture: Eskimo
Material: wood
Made in: Hudson Bay, Canada
Holding Institution: American Museum of Natural History

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