Tlingit Bear - Denver, CO
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N 39° 44.218 W 104° 59.337
13S E 500946 N 4398563
This sculpture is located in the Denver Art Museum.
Waymark Code: WMVCRK
Location: Colorado, United States
Date Posted: 04/02/2017
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The Museum placard accompanying this sculpture informs us that it is part of a house partition depicting a black bear to "signal the inherited rights and privileges of the high-ranking Shakes family.".The Tlingit artist is unknown and the work jis dated to around 1840.
Material: wood, human hair, paint
Date created: 1840
Additional Coordinates: Not Listed
Name of statue: Not listed
Name of creator: Not listed
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