Carving
29-175-448
From: Canada | British Columbia | Vancouver Island
Curatorial Section: American
| Object Number | 29-175-448 |
| 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 | Standing human figure, badly damaged with knees slightly bent, arms broken off at elbow, mouth and nose obliterated, badly charred at left armpit; bad vertical crack. Traces of red and black paint around eyes. Flat headdress or head-ring carved at top of head, low hair line or cap line-ridge at sides of face and lower back of head. Adze marks all over surface. |
| Length | 121 cm |
| Width | 38 cm |
| Depth | 18.5 cm |
| Credit Line | Exchange with George G. Heye, 1917 |
| Other Number | 6/8792 - Collector Number |
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