Bear and fish carving

Museum number:
2-4798
Permalink:
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Alternate number:
x-1194 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.167
Description:
Wooden carving of a standing bear holding a fish (dog salmon); yellow cedar; inlaid abalone teeth, eyes, and nostrils. Painted red and black. "The bear can be recognized by his short ears." Remarks by Charles Brown.
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:
Tlingit
Collector:
unknown
Collection date:
unknown
Materials:
Basalt (basic igneous rock) and Dacite
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Carvings (visual works)
Accession date:
1904
Context of use:
This is the emblem of the Bear and Dog Salmon clan - people living on the west coast of Prince of Wales Island. This is an amateur carving." (fide Charles Brown).
Department:
Native US and Canada (except California)
Dimensions:
height 38 centimeters
Comment:
Hazzard Inventory: difficult to read number
Loans:
S1963-1964 #9: UC San Francisco Medical Center (September 3, 1963–October 11, 1963), S1983-1984 #28: SFO Museum (November 17, 1983–May 21, 1984), S1986-1987 #28: SFO Museum (June 4, 1987–August 26, 1987), and S1989-1990 #27: John G. Shedd Aquarium (July 15, 1990–January 24, 1992)
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 3 titled Bear and fish carving, accession number 2-4798, described as Wooden carving of a standing bear holding a fish (dog salmon); yellow cedar; inlaid abalone teeth, eyes, and nostrils. Painted red and black. "The bear can be recognized by his short ears." Remarks by Charles Brown.Hearst Museum object 2 of 3 titled Bear and fish carving, accession number 2-4798, described as Wooden carving of a standing bear holding a fish (dog salmon); yellow cedar; inlaid abalone teeth, eyes, and nostrils. Painted red and black. "The bear can be recognized by his short ears." Remarks by Charles Brown.Hearst Museum object 3 of 3 titled Bear and fish carving, accession number 2-4798, described as Wooden carving of a standing bear holding a fish (dog salmon); yellow cedar; inlaid abalone teeth, eyes, and nostrils. Painted red and black. "The bear can be recognized by his short ears." Remarks by Charles Brown.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Bear and fish carving, accession number 2-4798, described as Wooden carving of a standing bear holding a fish (dog salmon); yellow cedar; inlaid abalone teeth, eyes, and nostrils. Painted red and black. "The bear can be recognized by his short ears." Remarks by Charles Brown.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Bear and fish carving, accession number 2-4798, described as Wooden carving of a standing bear holding a fish (dog salmon); yellow cedar; inlaid abalone teeth, eyes, and nostrils. Painted red and black. "The bear can be recognized by his short ears." Remarks by Charles Brown.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Bear and fish carving, accession number 2-4798, described as Wooden carving of a standing bear holding a fish (dog salmon); yellow cedar; inlaid abalone teeth, eyes, and nostrils. Painted red and black. "The bear can be recognized by his short ears." Remarks by Charles Brown.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Bear and fish carving, accession number 2-4798, described as Wooden carving of a standing bear holding a fish (dog salmon); yellow cedar; inlaid abalone teeth, eyes, and nostrils. Painted red and black. "The bear can be recognized by his short ears." Remarks by Charles Brown.

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