Carving
| Object Number: | NA8500 |
|---|---|
| Current Location: | Collections Storage |
| Culture: | Tlingit |
| Provenience: | United States of America Alaska Sitka |
| Culture Area: | Northwest Coast Culture Area |
| Locus: | Tluknax.adi Clan, Sitka Whale House |
| Section: | American |
| Materials: | Shell Wood Pigment Hair |
| Technique: | Carved |
| Length: | 96.52 cm |
| Width: | 33.2 cm |
| Credit Line: | Wanamaker Expedition to the Northwest Coast; Louis Shotridge, 1918 |
| Other Number: | CH1 - Other Number |
Description
Land Otterman figure from the prow of a war canoe, never used in battle. Carved for a canoe for Jinsatiyi of the Land Otter House, recognizing his valor. Made for Louis Shotridge's mother's father of the Sitka Whale House of the Tuknax.adi Clan, who was also named tdax.hin.
Carved from one piece of cedar wood with eyes made of abalone shell. The face is painted black, green and red and the body is painted black. Hair is set into plugs around the head. (Museum Journal XIII.1. pp. 55-59)
Current & Past Exhibitions:
| American Indian Life 1776-1976 ( Dec 1976 - 1978) | View Objects in Exhibition |
| Raven's Journey: The World of Alaska's Native People ( Nov 1986 - Feb 2010) | View Objects in Exhibition |
Bibliography:
| [Book] 1976. American Indian Life: 1776-1976.. Philadelphia. The University Museum. Actual Citation : Page/Fig./Plate: Page 25 | View Objects related to this Actual Citation |
| [Book] Barsness, Kristin J., and Kaplan, Susan A. 1986. Raven's Journey.. The University Museum. Actual Citation : Page/Fig./Plate: p. 203, fig. 238 | View Objects related to this Actual Citation |
| [Book] Winegrad, Dilys P. 1993. Through Time, Across Continents.. The University Museum. Actual Citation : Page/Fig./Plate: p. 82, fig. 69 | View Objects related to this Actual Citation |
| [Book] Wardwell, Allen. 1996. Tangible Visions: Northwest Coast Indian Shamanism and Its Art.. New York. The Monacelli Press. Actual Citation : Page/Fig./Plate: p. 320, fig. 483 | View Objects related to this Actual Citation |
| [Catalogue, Exhibition] Gunther, Erna. 1962. Northwest Coast Indian Art: An Exhibit at the Seattle World's Fair Fine Arts Pavilion.. University of Washington. Actual Citation : Page/Fig./Plate: p. 63, fig. 41 | View Objects related to this Actual Citation |
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