Carving
58-12-3B
From: Canada | British Columbia | Vancouver Island
Curatorial Section: American
| Object Number | 58-12-3B |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Kwakiutl (uncertain) | Nootka (uncertain) |
| Provenience | Canada | British Columbia | Vancouver Island |
| Culture Area | Northwest Coast Culture Area |
| Section | American |
| Materials | Metal | Wood | Pigment |
| Description | V-shaped section of whalebone carved in semblance of totem pole. Base contains wooden peg which fits into socket-hole on back of -a. Bottom to top-bird face with wings on either side; human face; bird face; human faced bird with whale (human face in center of it) in his claws, wings of bird have broken off and been wired back on. |
| Height | 69 cm |
| Credit Line | Gift of Thomas Evans, 1958 |
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