Totem Pole Model

29-175-68

From: Canada | British Columbia | Queen Charlotte Islands

Curatorial Section: American

Object Number 29-175-68
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Haida
Provenience Canada | British Columbia | Queen Charlotte Islands
Culture Area Northwest Coast Culture Area
Section American
Materials Wood | Pigment
Description

Human figure, hooked nose, protruding tongue, holding knees, on drooping head of cormorant. Blue paint, on human figure: eye-brows, head-dress, nipples; on bird: eyebrows, pupils, forehead, face and body spots, and lines on wings. Traces of red on human figure's lips and spots on bird. Back of pole rounded.

Height 65.3 cm
Width 14 cm
Thickness 16 cm
Credit Line Exchange with George G. Heye, 1917
Other Number 4673 - Collector Number

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