Carving

Museum number:
2-19085
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21020019085
Accession number:
Acc.854
Description:
Argillite carving with totemic figures. Early/old. Long hollowed split U-forms; extended, thin feathers, hands have bars. Broken head from 2-19085, classic shape of the "Master of Four," fide Carol Sheehan, May 5, 1980.
Donor:
Ellinor C. Davidson and George Davidson
Collection place:
Northwest Coast, United States
Verbatim coll. place:
; Northwest Coast
Culture or time period:
Haida
Collector:
unknown
Collection date:
unknown
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Carvings (visual works)
Accession date:
1945
Department:
Native US and Canada (except California)
Dimensions:
length 41 centimeters
Comment:
Same carver as GLENBOW A62.62.48, fide Carol Sheehan, May 5, 1980. Exhibit: "Arts of the Raven: Masterworks by the Northwest Coast Indian"; Vancouver Art Gallery.
Loans:
S1966-1967 #77: Physical Education Department (UC Berkeley) (March 9, 1967–March 9, 1967) and S1975-1976 #9: Palo Alto Cultural Center (November 1974–unknown)
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 2 titled Carving, accession number 2-19085, described as Argillite carving with totemic figures. Early/old. Long hollowed split U-forms; extended, thin feathers, hands have bars. Broken head from 2-19085, classic shape of the "Master of Four," fide Carol Sheehan, May 5, 1980.Hearst Museum object 2 of 2 titled Carving, accession number 2-19085, described as Argillite carving with totemic figures. Early/old. Long hollowed split U-forms; extended, thin feathers, hands have bars. Broken head from 2-19085, classic shape of the "Master of Four," fide Carol Sheehan, May 5, 1980.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Carving, accession number 2-19085, described as Argillite carving with totemic figures. Early/old. Long hollowed split U-forms; extended, thin feathers, hands have bars. Broken head from 2-19085, classic shape of the "Master of Four," fide Carol Sheehan, May 5, 1980.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Carving, accession number 2-19085, described as Argillite carving with totemic figures. Early/old. Long hollowed split U-forms; extended, thin feathers, hands have bars. Broken head from 2-19085, classic shape of the "Master of Four," fide Carol Sheehan, May 5, 1980.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Carving, accession number 2-19085, described as Argillite carving with totemic figures. Early/old. Long hollowed split U-forms; extended, thin feathers, hands have bars. Broken head from 2-19085, classic shape of the "Master of Four," fide Carol Sheehan, May 5, 1980.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Carving, accession number 2-19085, described as Argillite carving with totemic figures. Early/old. Long hollowed split U-forms; extended, thin feathers, hands have bars. Broken head from 2-19085, classic shape of the "Master of Four," fide Carol Sheehan, May 5, 1980.

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