Carving
29-175-468
From: Canada | British Columbia | Bella Bella (uncertain)
Curatorial Section: American
| Object Number | 29-175-468 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Heiltsuk (uncertain) |
| Provenience | Canada | British Columbia | Bella Bella (uncertain) |
| Culture Area | Northwest Coast Culture Area |
| Section | American |
| Materials | Wood | Pigment |
| Description | Human in spider form. Body prone, human head up-right, arms flexed with elbows in air and hands on ground near waist, legs looped forward on either side and almost touching arms thus giving a spider effect. Coloring: upper surface of body red except blue band across waist, slightly concave undersurface is green, background of face and hands tan, green around eyes, black hair, eyes, brows and mustache. Small hole bored in rear of undersurface. |
| Height | 5.8 cm |
| Length | 13.6 cm |
| Width | 8.4 cm |
| Credit Line | Exchange with George G. Heye, 1917 |
| Other Number | 6/9097 - Collector Number |
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