Mortuary Carving
Grave Post Fragment
29-175-462
From: Canada | British Columbia | Vancouver Island
Curatorial Section: American
| Object Number | 29-175-462 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Kwakiutl |
| Provenience | Canada | British Columbia | Vancouver Island |
| Culture Area | Northwest Coast Culture Area |
| Section | American |
| Materials | Wood | Pigment |
| Description | Very rotten wood, quite light weight. Back sur-face concave, splintery and broken. Top surface convex and has crude carving of human face and trunk almost in the round. Eyes are deep round hollows, mouth open, and no nose as if a death mask. Faint traces of white paint. Large round abdomen. Arms cut off. Section ends just below abdomen and above head. |
| Length | 54 cm |
| Width | 33 cm |
| Depth | 33 cm |
| Credit Line | Exchange with George G. Heye, 1917 |
| Other Number | 7/3265 - Collector Number |
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