Collector: George Davidson / Loans: S1970-1971 #15: Art Department (UC Berkeley)/Jane Dwyer (August 17, 1970–August 17, 1970) - Hearst Museum Portal Search Results

Start Over Collector George Davidson Loans S1970-1971 #15: Art Department (UC Berkeley)/Jane Dwyer (August 17, 1970–August 17, 1970)

Hearst Museum object titled Rattle spoon, accession number 2-19096, described as Wooden. Rattle in fish form (salmon) with human figure inside. Spoon projects from head of fish. Alder painted red and green. Label: "George Davidson, Chilkat, Aug. 1869." Wood and fish design type identified by Charles Brown, June 1964. Flat motif on back of spoon, like the handle, represents a man inside a fish (man was saved by fish who swallowed him and carried him ashore inside its belly). Fish looks like a salmon.

Hearst Museum object titled Totemic carving, accession number 2-19099, described as Bear leg bone (identified by Charles Brown). Open mouth at both ends, represents wolf or bear, faces inside eyes, knees, etc. are meant to accentuate power of seeing, etc. Identified as bone by Dr. Benson, Zoology, January 1959.