Totem Pole

29-47-203

From: Canada | British Columbia | Queen Charlotte Islands

Curatorial Section: American

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Object Number 29-47-203
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Haida
Provenience Canada | British Columbia | Queen Charlotte Islands
Culture Area Northwest Coast Culture Area
Date Made 1893
Section American
Materials Wood | Pigment
Description

Finely carved and painted. Beginning below, sculpin, sea monster, eagle, animal with spine, bird, shark. One peice except whale's tail. Hollow back.

Height 148.6 cm
Width 14 cm
Thickness 12.1 cm
Credit Line Received from various sources, pre-1929
Other Number A17814 - Field Museum Number | 37691 - Old Museum Number

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