Totemic carving

Museum number:
2-4687
Permalink:
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Alternate number:
x-1083 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.167
Description:
In argillite with traditional motifs including bear and hawk. See back of card for illustrations of design segments. Fide Carol Sheehan: panel unusually rectangular (octopus-hair transformer). Hollowed split U's; eye form distinctive; ovoids single etched and absolutely concentric. Wings become ears.
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:
Haida
Collector:
Rudolph Neumann
Collection date:
November 1904
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Carvings (visual works)
Accession date:
1904
Department:
Native US and Canada (except California)
Dimensions:
width 7 centimeters and length 30 centimeters
Comment:
Photo: 15-12501.
Loans:
S1945-1946 #4: Winfield Scott Wellington (March 11, 1946–October 28, 1955) and S1975-1976 #9: Palo Alto Cultural Center (November 1974–unknown)
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 2 titled Totemic carving, accession number 2-4687, described as In argillite with traditional motifs including bear and hawk. See back of card for illustrations of design segments. Fide Carol Sheehan: panel unusually rectangular (octopus-hair transformer). Hollowed split U's; eye form distinctive; ovoids single etched and absolutely concentric. Wings become ears.Hearst Museum object 2 of 2 titled Totemic carving, accession number 2-4687, described as In argillite with traditional motifs including bear and hawk. See back of card for illustrations of design segments. Fide Carol Sheehan: panel unusually rectangular (octopus-hair transformer). Hollowed split U's; eye form distinctive; ovoids single etched and absolutely concentric. Wings become ears.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Totemic carving, accession number 2-4687, described as In argillite with traditional motifs including bear and hawk. See back of card for illustrations of design segments. Fide Carol Sheehan: panel unusually rectangular (octopus-hair transformer). Hollowed split U's; eye form distinctive; ovoids single etched and absolutely concentric. Wings become ears.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Totemic carving, accession number 2-4687, described as In argillite with traditional motifs including bear and hawk. See back of card for illustrations of design segments. Fide Carol Sheehan: panel unusually rectangular (octopus-hair transformer). Hollowed split U's; eye form distinctive; ovoids single etched and absolutely concentric. Wings become ears.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Totemic carving, accession number 2-4687, described as In argillite with traditional motifs including bear and hawk. See back of card for illustrations of design segments. Fide Carol Sheehan: panel unusually rectangular (octopus-hair transformer). Hollowed split U's; eye form distinctive; ovoids single etched and absolutely concentric. Wings become ears.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Totemic carving, accession number 2-4687, described as In argillite with traditional motifs including bear and hawk. See back of card for illustrations of design segments. Fide Carol Sheehan: panel unusually rectangular (octopus-hair transformer). Hollowed split U's; eye form distinctive; ovoids single etched and absolutely concentric. Wings become ears.

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