Human effigy

Museum number:
2-4790
Permalink:
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Alternate number:
x-1186 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.167
Description:
Wooden carving of a man wearing wolf headdress, standing on grizzly bear head; cedar; painted red, blue, and black. "From Alaska" painted inside base; "May 1877" pencilled inside base. Identification of wood type and animals 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:
Hon. L. B. Mizner
Collection date:
May 1877
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Carvings (visual works)
Function:
5.7 Objects made for sale, souvenirs, models, and reproductions
Production date:
May 1877
Accession date:
1904
Context of use:
This carving was copied from a totem pole. The bear indicates the carving was owned by bear moiety. The wolf might indicate a man such as Charles Brown's father whose name was Chief Crying Wolf." Remarks by Charles Brown.
Department:
Native US and Canada (except California)
Dimensions:
height 47 centimeters
Comment:
Published: "Art of the Northwest Coast Indians" Fig. 233; R.B. Inverarity, U.C. Press, 1950; Pacific Art Review, p. 31.
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), S1966-1967 #77: Physical Education Department (UC Berkeley) (March 9, 1967–March 9, 1967), S1967-1968 #52: Fine Arts Patrons of Newport Harbor (December 28, 1967–March 19, 1968), S1974-1975 #41: Palo Alto Cultural Center (January 6, 1975–March 19, 1975), S1979-1980 #48: University of California, Davis (April 1, 1980–June 9, 1980), S1987-1988 #8: Monterey Museum of Art (August 21, 1987–November 25, 1987), and S1988-1989 #8: Art Gallery (Sonoma State Univ.) (September 7, 1988–October 25, 1988)
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 4 titled Human effigy, accession number 2-4790, described as Wooden carving of a man wearing wolf headdress, standing on grizzly bear head; cedar; painted red, blue, and black. "From Alaska" painted inside base; "May 1877" pencilled inside base. Identification of wood type and animals by Charles Brown.Hearst Museum object 2 of 4 titled Human effigy, accession number 2-4790, described as Wooden carving of a man wearing wolf headdress, standing on grizzly bear head; cedar; painted red, blue, and black. "From Alaska" painted inside base; "May 1877" pencilled inside base. Identification of wood type and animals by Charles Brown.Hearst Museum object 3 of 4 titled Human effigy, accession number 2-4790, described as Wooden carving of a man wearing wolf headdress, standing on grizzly bear head; cedar; painted red, blue, and black. "From Alaska" painted inside base; "May 1877" pencilled inside base. Identification of wood type and animals by Charles Brown.Hearst Museum object 4 of 4 titled Human effigy, accession number 2-4790, described as Wooden carving of a man wearing wolf headdress, standing on grizzly bear head; cedar; painted red, blue, and black. "From Alaska" painted inside base; "May 1877" pencilled inside base. Identification of wood type and animals by Charles Brown.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Human effigy, accession number 2-4790, described as Wooden carving of a man wearing wolf headdress, standing on grizzly bear head; cedar; painted red, blue, and black. "From Alaska" painted inside base; "May 1877" pencilled inside base. Identification of wood type and animals by Charles Brown.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Human effigy, accession number 2-4790, described as Wooden carving of a man wearing wolf headdress, standing on grizzly bear head; cedar; painted red, blue, and black. "From Alaska" painted inside base; "May 1877" pencilled inside base. Identification of wood type and animals by Charles Brown.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Human effigy, accession number 2-4790, described as Wooden carving of a man wearing wolf headdress, standing on grizzly bear head; cedar; painted red, blue, and black. "From Alaska" painted inside base; "May 1877" pencilled inside base. Identification of wood type and animals by Charles Brown.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Human effigy, accession number 2-4790, described as Wooden carving of a man wearing wolf headdress, standing on grizzly bear head; cedar; painted red, blue, and black. "From Alaska" painted inside base; "May 1877" pencilled inside base. Identification of wood type and animals by Charles Brown.

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