Tsimshian frontlets represent crest figures although the creature portrayed here may be more abstract than a literal interpretation would suggest
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Tsimshian frontlets represent crest figures although the creature portrayed here may be more abstract than a literal interpretation would suggest

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Tsimshian frontlets represent crest figures although the creature portrayed here may be more abstract than a literal interpretation would suggest, While this carving appears to represent a hawk, it more likely indicates a complex monster. Northwest Coast of America. Tsimshian. collected Greenville in 1913.

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Werner Forman Archive/ Provincial Museum, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada

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Photo12/Universal Images Group/Werner Forman

Notre référence

UMG12A28_470

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Non

Licence

Droits gérés

Format disponible

27,1Mo (1,4Mo) / 22,6cm x 30,0cm / 2666 x 3548 (300dpi)

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