Carving

29-175-166

From: Canada | British Columbia | Vancouver Island

Curatorial Section: American

Object Number 29-175-166
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Kwakiutl
Provenience Canada | British Columbia | Vancouver Island
Culture Area Northwest Coast Culture Area
Section American
Materials Wood
Description

"bar with head of bird carved at each end". See illustration of 29-175-165, which this resembles except in proportions, in being more crude, and in that here the nostrils and mouths are not incised. Tip of at least one beak broken off.

Height 7 cm
Length 59.3 cm
Width 3.8 cm
Credit Line Exchange with George G. Heye, 1917
Other Number 6/9853 - Collector Number

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