Carved and painted wood totem pole model; top half is bird with recurved beak, black and white exterior pigmentation, also red, yellow, and light blue pigment used; fish below; bottom half is a seated bear. Written in back in ink is: "Eli T (? ) Metlakatla Alaska".
Donor:
Harold J. Murphy
Collection place:
New Metlakatla, Annette Island, Prince of Wales-Outer Ketchikan Borough
Verbatim coll. place:
Alaska; Annette Island; New Metlakatla
Culture or time period:
Tsimshian
Maker or artist:
Eli T
Collector:
Harold J. Murphy
Collection date:
1945-1971
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Carvings (visual works), Models (representations), Sculpture (visual works), and Totem poles