Collection place: British Columbia, Canada / Loans: S1966-1967 #77: Physical Education Department (UC Berkeley) (March 9, 1967–March 9, 1967) - Hearst Museum Portal Search Results

Start Over Collection place British Columbia, Canada Loans S1966-1967 #77: Physical Education Department (UC Berkeley) (March 9, 1967–March 9, 1967)

Hearst Museum object titled Canoe model, accession number 2-8865, described as Wooden model of canoe painted blue and red. Prow ornamented with carved animal head and painted totemic figures. Stern ornamented with carved human face and totemic figures. Marked in ink: "Haidah Canoe, Queen Charlotte Islands, B. C. J. B. Swan, Port Townsend, W. T.

Hearst Museum object titled Figure, accession number 2-15545, described as Wood carving; kneeling man in kilt, killing [new interpretation is that this genre shows a man torturing a witch] (by twisting hair) a crouching female slave (?) in skirt; painted: pink skin; red lips; brown hair and eyes; grey-green clothes; wood cracked

Hearst Museum object titled Hat, accession number 2-15521, described as Rain hat. Twined basketry hat with red and black painted totemic designs.

Hearst Museum object titled Hat, accession number 2-15519, described as Very old, finely twined rain hat with 4 "pillboxes." Painted designs in red and black.

Hearst Museum object titled Mask, accession number 2-15548, described as Of male human face; seal fur pegged on to simulate eyebrows, moustache and hairline; red-painted lips, protruding tongue; crack through right eye; no eyeslits or perforations for thongs.

Hearst Museum object titled Mask, accession number 2-15550, described as Of male face; seal fur eyebrows, mustache and beard; movable eyelids and mouth; red, black, white, orange-brown paint.

Hearst Museum object titled Mask, accession number 2-15547, described as Of human face; seal fur pegged on to simulate eyebrows, etc; movable lips; no eyeholes. Black and red facial markings. Made of alder.

Hearst Museum object titled Plate, accession number 2-15539, described as Flat wood plate with carved frieze of totemic designs.

Hearst Museum object titled Plate, accession number 2-15591, described as Made of argillite carved and polished; rim inlaid with bone rectangles; interior is incised killer whale with mouth inlaid with shark's teeth; 3 bone rectangles missing, several teeth missing; 1 area badly damaged. Reg Davidson notes that figure is a female shaman holding rattles. Massive incising, massive and minute, form lines.

Hearst Museum object titled Platter, accession number 2-15590, described as Carved argillite; female shaman in relief surrounded by incised designs representing a sea monster or mythical sea mammal, perhaps a sea wolf.