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29-175-442
From: Canada | British Columbia (uncertain) | Queen Charlotte Islands (uncertain)
Curatorial Section: American
Object Number | 29-175-442 |
Current Location | Collections Storage |
Culture | Haida |
Provenience | Canada | British Columbia (uncertain) | Queen Charlotte Islands (uncertain) |
Culture Area | Northwest Coast Culture Area |
Section | American |
Materials | Wood | Pigment |
Description | Long slender stick painted red and black and carved with "capped" human figure in top (19 cm), arms and legs flexed. Next 30 cm. rod carved very narrow with midway section of greater width shaped like spool with center bulge. A loose wooden ring on stick between midway section and man. Squared section of rod for next 25 cm. followed by 11 cm. section narrower at bottom than top and a final 11 cm. of unpainted handle. Red and black paint applied in alternating bands, some broad and some narrow. Figure red with black hair, eyes and brows. Warped or curved. |
Length | 98.2 cm |
Width | 3.8 cm |
Credit Line | Exchange with George G. Heye, 1917 |
Other Number | 6111 - Collector Number |
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