Figure used in Klokwally ceremony
date: label: Date created
content: circa 1895
name: label: Culture/People
content: Makah
label: Artist/Maker
content: attributed to Frank Allabush (Allabush), Makah, ca. 1862-ca. 1915
label: Expedition
content: John Wanamaker Expedition (1900)
label: Expedition sponsor
content: John Wanamaker, Non-Indian, 1838-1922
label: Expedition leader
content: Stewart Culin, Non-Indian, 1858-1929
label: Previous owner
content: Free Museum of Science and Art (University of Pennsylvania Museum) (University Museum, University of Pennsylvania)
notes: label: Collection History
content: Collected in 1900 by anthropologist Stewart Culin (1858-1929) during the John Wanamaker Expedition, which was led by Culin and sponsored by the Free Museum of Art and Science (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) and Philadelphia businessman John Wanamaker (1838-1922); part of the collection of the Free Museum of Science and Art until 1908 when it was acquired by George Heye through an exchange with the Free Museum of Science and Art.
label: Contact Us
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place: label: Place
content: Neah Bay, Makah Reservation; Clallam County; Washington; USA
setName: label: See related items
content: Makah
label: See related items
content: Sculpture/Carving/Figures
label: On View
content: NMAI, New York, NY: Infinity of Nations, Northwest Coast
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of the American Indian
identifier: label: Catalog Number
content: 1/9313
label: Barcode
content: 019313.000
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Sculpture/Carving/Figures
label: Indigenous Term
content: ya-doc-tess
physicalDescription: label: Object Name
content: Figure used in Klokwally ceremony
label: Media/Materials
content: Wood, paint, cedar bark, metal wire
label: Techniques
content: Carved, painted, braided
label: Dimensions
content: 20 x 10 x 10 cm