Totem Pole Model

41-24-442

From: Canada | British Columbia | Queen Charlotte Islands

Curatorial Section: American

Object Number 41-24-442
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Haida
Provenience Canada | British Columbia | Queen Charlotte Islands
Culture Area Northwest Coast Culture Area
Period 19th Century
Date Made 1800-1899 CE
Section American
Materials Argillite
Description

Concave back; tenoned base. Representing, from below upward: sea-monster, with bear's head but no ears, forelegs with fins attached, dorsal fin with blow-hole, and a whale's tail turned upward; beaver, holding a stick, seated with tail between his legs and small frog in his ears; cormorant with its tail feathers in its bill.

Length 57 cm
Width 9.6 cm
Credit Line Exchange with the Philadelphia Museum of Art, 1941
Other Number 25-27-163 - Philadelphia Museum of Art Number | 0211 - Cast Number

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