Carving
29-175-101
From: Canada | British Columbia | Vancouver Island
Curatorial Section: American
| Object Number | 29-175-101 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Kwakiutl |
| Provenience | Canada | British Columbia | Vancouver Island |
| Culture Area | Northwest Coast Culture Area |
| Section | American |
| Materials | Wood | Shell | Glass |
| Description | Standing human figure. Childlike proportions. Several cracks, one running length of back. Front of right foot broken off. Simplified realistic. Open mouth. Overhung brows. Irises of lunate shell with black pupils. Ears pierced for ear-rings: three blue beads, two shells (one lost on right), three beads. Short arms stiffly at sides. Cedar grain shows through blackening. |
| Height | 74 cm |
| Width | 26 cm |
| Thickness | 19.5 cm |
| Credit Line | Exchange with George G. Heye, 1917 |
| Other Number | 6/8706 - Collector Number |
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