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Photographer: Larry Gertner
Taken: March 14, 2019
Caption: Inset
Additional Description: Gwa’ka’le’ka’la is the Kwakiutl word for the “three of life.” This design comes from a Northwest Coast button blanket which was acquired in the 1920’s and is part of the museum’s permanent collection.
Courtesy of the national Museum of the American Indian
Smithsonian Institution, #11/5129
Submitted: March 20, 2019, by Larry Gertner of New York, New York.
Database Locator Identification Number: p467304
File Size: 1.124 Megabytes

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