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Museum of Anthropology at UBC

before 1940
Object > Artwork
Related School
Alberni (BC)
Culture
Northwest Coast ?
Description
Reductive pencil line drawing of a whale; curved dorsal fin, sharp teeth, outwardly curved tail fin, curvilinear designs. Red numeral four in upper right corner. "No4" inscribed in pencil in upper left corner.

Themes

Operation of the IRS System (narrative thread)

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Repository
Museum of Anthropology at UBC
Repository Object Identifier
537/41
Display Measurements
overall: 23 cm x 31 cm
Materials and Techniques
pencil, paper
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