Totem

Museum number:
2-390
Permalink:
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Accession number:
Acc.46
Description:
Totem, rough, painted wood. Two carved and painted figures; the bottom figure may represent a bear.
Donor:
Phoebe Apperson Hearst
Collection place:
British Columbia, Canada
Verbatim coll. place:
Canada; British Columbia
Culture or time period:
Bella Bella
Collector:
Charles L. Hall
Collection date:
unknown
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Carvings (visual works)
Accession date:
August 12, 1902
Department:
Native US and Canada (except California)
Dimensions:
height 62.5 centimeters
Loans:
S1945-1946 #4: Winfield Scott Wellington (March 11, 1946–October 28, 1955), S1951-1952 #1: University of California, Los Angeles (March 15, 1952–returned by 1957), S1952-1953 #2: California Palace of the Legion of Honor (dates unknown), and S1963-1964 #9: UC San Francisco Medical Center (September 3, 1963–October 11, 1963)
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 5 titled Totem, accession number 2-390, described as Totem, rough, painted wood. Two carved and painted figures; the bottom figure may represent a bear.Hearst Museum object 2 of 5 titled Totem, accession number 2-390, described as Totem, rough, painted wood. Two carved and painted figures; the bottom figure may represent a bear.Hearst Museum object 3 of 5 titled Totem, accession number 2-390, described as Totem, rough, painted wood. Two carved and painted figures; the bottom figure may represent a bear.Hearst Museum object 4 of 5 titled Totem, accession number 2-390, described as Totem, rough, painted wood. Two carved and painted figures; the bottom figure may represent a bear.Hearst Museum object 5 of 5 titled Totem, accession number 2-390, described as Totem, rough, painted wood. Two carved and painted figures; the bottom figure may represent a bear.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Totem, accession number 2-390, described as Totem, rough, painted wood. Two carved and painted figures; the bottom figure may represent a bear.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Totem, accession number 2-390, described as Totem, rough, painted wood. Two carved and painted figures; the bottom figure may represent a bear.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Totem, accession number 2-390, described as Totem, rough, painted wood. Two carved and painted figures; the bottom figure may represent a bear.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Totem, accession number 2-390, described as Totem, rough, painted wood. Two carved and painted figures; the bottom figure may represent a bear.

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