Collector: Mrs. H. H. Bancroft / Culture or time period: American cultures - Hearst Museum Portal Search Results

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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 Canoe model, accession number 2-8864, described as Small wooden model of a canoe, painted red and black with figure of whale on either side of bow.

Hearst Museum object titled Carving, accession number 2-8873, described as Small carved wooden figure of a human being with a carved animal headdress. Figure's hands clasped over drawn-up left knee; shell inset eyes; traces of red pigment. This figure has white and black eyes apparently made of shell. It is clasping the left knee in both hands, this leg being bent up.

Hearst Museum object titled Club, accession number 2-8874, described as It is a carved arm and hand with a human face and head resting in the partially folded fingers. Yew wood.

Hearst Museum object titled Drum, accession number 2-8866, described as Small, circular, with red and blue painted rawhide stretched over one side.

Hearst Museum object titled Fish carving, accession number 2-8872, described as Flat, carved, wooden figure of a fish, the whole decoration being on one side. which has a circular receptacle like a small bowl and also a carved bird. Ornamented in black, red, and blue.

Hearst Museum object titled Harpoon point, accession number 2-8869, described as Made of ivory and metal.

Hearst Museum object titled Spoon, accession number 2-8867, described as Large, wooden, with elaborately painted totemic designs in red, black and blue. Marked in ink: "Spoon from Sitka, J. G. Swan.