Carving
29-175-135
From: Canada | British Columbia | Vancouver Island
Curatorial Section: American
| Object Number | 29-175-135 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Kwakiutl |
| Provenience | Canada | British Columbia | Vancouver Island |
| Culture Area | Northwest Coast Culture Area |
| Section | American |
| Materials | Wood | Pigment |
| Iconography | Human Figure |
| Description | Human figure. Cross section of body oblong with flat sides and rounded corners. Eyebrows, eyes, nose, lines from nose to corners of mouth, and hands carved in low relief. Mouth open. Red paint: large cross on each cheek, inside of lips, upper petals of flower-like design below hands. Black paint: eye-brows, pupils, mustache, inside mouth, curves above hands, lower part of "flower". |
| Height | 39.6 cm |
| Width | 10 cm |
| Thickness | 16 cm |
| Credit Line | Exchange with George G. Heye, 1917 |
| Other Number | 6/9158 - Collector Number |
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