Cane carved like totem pole. 6 figures - top 2 are bear and frog; yellow cedar (Charles Brown, June 1964).
Donor:
Sarah Levy and Sophia Hazel Levy McDonald
Collection place:
Klukwan, Skagway-Hoonah-Angoon Borough, Alaska
Verbatim coll. place:
Alaska; Klukwan
Culture or time period:
Tlingit
Maker or artist:
Kaw-Nukh
Collector:
Sarah Levy
Collection date:
unknown
Materials:
Yellow cypress (wood)
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Carvings (visual works), Models (representations), Sculpture (visual works), and Totem poles
Function:
5.7 Objects made for sale, souvenirs, models, and reproductions
Accession date:
1942
Context of use:
Used as a model in carving a full-sized pole.
Department:
Native US and Canada (except California)
Dimensions:
length 90 centimeters
Comment:
Remarks: cf. 2-4799.
Loans:
S1952-1953 #2: California Palace of the Legion of Honor (dates unknown), S1967-1968 #52: Fine Arts Patrons of Newport Harbor (December 28, 1967–March 19, 1968), S1982-1983 #35: California State University, Chico (April 5, 1983–July 26, 1984), and S1988-1989 #8: Art Gallery (Sonoma State Univ.) (September 7, 1988–October 25, 1988)