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Halibut Drum
Kwakwaka'wakw First Nation UCC 88-.07.01 painted halibut design by George Hunt Jr. of the Kwagu'? First Nation in 1988 used by some singers at a potlatch ceremony drum made by the Sam family from Ahousaaht, BC .

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