Totem Pole Model

29-175-94

From: Canada | British Columbia

Curatorial Section: American

Object Number 29-175-94
Current Location Collections Storage
Provenience Canada | British Columbia
Culture Area Northwest Coast Culture Area
Section American
Materials Wood | Pigment
Description

Painted in white, blue and dull green with some derails in rich brown of natural wood. Top to bottom: cormorant on head of fish (?) which has frog at each side, upper half of man below mouth of fish, part of monster with bird beak and animal legs, human head with small animal head with upraised arms below mouth, bear head, body of last blending into base. Concave hollow in back from frog to base.

Height 93 cm
Width 15.7 cm
Thickness 9.5 cm
Credit Line Exchange with George G. Heye, 1917
Other Number 7/3039 - Collector Number

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