Figure

Museum number:
2-4812
Permalink:
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Alternate number:
x-1208 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.167
Description:
Carved wooden figure with human hair, anthropomorphic. Made of yellow cedar, painted black and red. A land otter is depicted around neck of figure. On front and back of chest is design of land otter or mink - shaman's messenger spirit. Height: 42 cm (16½ inches)
Donor:
Alaska Commercial Company, Benjamin Bristol, and Older University Collections
Collection place:
Northwest Coast, United States
Culture or time period:
Tlingit
Collector:
Alaska Commercial Company
Collection date:
1898
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Carvings (visual works)
Accession date:
1904
Context of use:
Shaman figure and memorial of man of some notable deed. (fide Charles Brown, June 1964)
Department:
Native US and Canada (except California)
Dimensions:
height 42 centimeters
Comment:
Published: Ill. "The American West," Vol. VIII, May, 1971, No. 3, p. 20.
Loans:
S1945-1946 #4: Winfield Scott Wellington (March 11, 1946–October 28, 1955), S1951-1952 #1: University of California, Los Angeles (March 15, 1952–returned by 1957), S1952-1953 #2: California Palace of the Legion of Honor (dates unknown), S1963-1964 #9: UC San Francisco Medical Center (September 3, 1963–October 11, 1963), S1970-1971 #21: University Art Museum (UC Berkeley) (October 12, 1970–January 20, 1971), and S1990-1991 #23: Blackhawk Museums (March 20, 1991–August 16, 1994)
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 5 titled Figure, accession number 2-4812, described as Carved wooden figure with human hair, anthropomorphic. Made of yellow cedar, painted black and red. A land otter is depicted around neck of figure. On front and back of chest is design of land otter or mink - shaman's messenger spirit. Height: 42 cm (16½ inches)Hearst Museum object 2 of 5 titled Figure, accession number 2-4812, described as Carved wooden figure with human hair, anthropomorphic. Made of yellow cedar, painted black and red. A land otter is depicted around neck of figure. On front and back of chest is design of land otter or mink - shaman's messenger spirit. Height: 42 cm (16½ inches)Hearst Museum object 3 of 5 titled Figure, accession number 2-4812, described as Carved wooden figure with human hair, anthropomorphic. Made of yellow cedar, painted black and red. A land otter is depicted around neck of figure. On front and back of chest is design of land otter or mink - shaman's messenger spirit. Height: 42 cm (16½ inches)Hearst Museum object 4 of 5 titled Figure, accession number 2-4812, described as Carved wooden figure with human hair, anthropomorphic. Made of yellow cedar, painted black and red. A land otter is depicted around neck of figure. On front and back of chest is design of land otter or mink - shaman's messenger spirit. Height: 42 cm (16½ inches)Hearst Museum object 5 of 5 titled Figure, accession number 2-4812, described as Carved wooden figure with human hair, anthropomorphic. Made of yellow cedar, painted black and red. A land otter is depicted around neck of figure. On front and back of chest is design of land otter or mink - shaman's messenger spirit. Height: 42 cm (16½ inches)
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Figure, accession number 2-4812, described as Carved wooden figure with human hair, anthropomorphic. Made of yellow cedar, painted black and red. A land otter is depicted around neck of figure. On front and back of chest is design of land otter or mink - shaman's messenger spirit. Height: 42 cm (16½ inches)Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Figure, accession number 2-4812, described as Carved wooden figure with human hair, anthropomorphic. Made of yellow cedar, painted black and red. A land otter is depicted around neck of figure. On front and back of chest is design of land otter or mink - shaman's messenger spirit. Height: 42 cm (16½ inches)Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Figure, accession number 2-4812, described as Carved wooden figure with human hair, anthropomorphic. Made of yellow cedar, painted black and red. A land otter is depicted around neck of figure. On front and back of chest is design of land otter or mink - shaman's messenger spirit. Height: 42 cm (16½ inches)

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