House Model
Object Title | back wall |
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Object Number: | 29-175-479C |
Current Location: | Collections Storage |
Culture: | Nootka |
Provenience: | Canada British Columbia Vancouver Island |
Culture Area: | Northwest Coast Culture Area |
Section: | American |
Materials: | Wood Pigment |
Height: | 69.5 cm |
Width: | 164 cm |
Credit Line: | Exchange with George G. Heye, 1917 |
Description
Seven sections-- floor, 4 sides, 2 roof pieces All painting in red & black on plain wood background. Entirely sea animals. Bared teeth predominate. c: Back Wall: 7 vertical planks with top edges slanted so that center plank is longest and has a peak. (for gable type roof). One supporting horizontal nailed along bottom edges, the other at height of shortest planks. Extend beyond verticals. Decoration: Side on which horizontals nailed: None Other side: Central sea animal with canoe filled with 4 humans in open mouth. Above this, 6 other fishlike creatures.
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