Totemic carving

Museum number:
2-4792
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21020004792
Alternate number:
x-1188 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.167
Description:
Bear at top standing on frog, raven hanging from mouth of bear, wolf on bottom; painted red, blue, and black. Identification of animals by Charles Brown, June 1964.
Donor:
Alaska Commercial Company, Benjamin Bristol, and Older University Collections
Collection place:
Northwest Coast, United States
Verbatim coll. place:
; Northwest Coast
Culture or time period:
Tlingit
Collector:
unknown
Collection date:
unknown
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Carvings (visual works)
Accession date:
1904
Context of use:
This is a family crest, a decoration to be set up in the house along the back wall. It is a copy from a totem pole. The carving refers to the raven-frog myth where raven took frog in his mouth and descended to the depths of the sea, frog acting as lung
Department:
Native US and Canada (except California)
Dimensions:
height 61 centimeters
Loans:
S1963-1964 #9: UC San Francisco Medical Center (September 3, 1963–October 11, 1963) and S1987-1988 #8: Monterey Museum of Art (August 21, 1987–November 25, 1987)
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Totemic carving, accession number 2-4792, described as Bear at top standing on frog, raven hanging from mouth of bear, wolf on bottom; painted red, blue, and black. Identification of animals by Charles Brown, June 1964.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Totemic carving, accession number 2-4792, described as Bear at top standing on frog, raven hanging from mouth of bear, wolf on bottom; painted red, blue, and black. Identification of animals by Charles Brown, June 1964.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Totemic carving, accession number 2-4792, described as Bear at top standing on frog, raven hanging from mouth of bear, wolf on bottom; painted red, blue, and black. Identification of animals by Charles Brown, June 1964.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Totemic carving, accession number 2-4792, described as Bear at top standing on frog, raven hanging from mouth of bear, wolf on bottom; painted red, blue, and black. Identification of animals by Charles Brown, June 1964.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Totemic carving, accession number 2-4792, described as Bear at top standing on frog, raven hanging from mouth of bear, wolf on bottom; painted red, blue, and black. Identification of animals by Charles Brown, June 1964.

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