Totem pole model

Museum number:
2-14267
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21020014267
Accession number:
Acc.673
Description:
Bottom figures: frog and raven (with small copper in beak); yellow cedar painted red-brown and black. (Identification of frog and raven and yellow cedar by Charles Brown (Tlingit Indian), June 1964)
Donor:
Frederick J. Moller
Collection place:
Queen Charlotte Islands, British Columbia, Canada
Verbatim coll. place:
Canada; British Columbia; Queen Charlotte Islands
Culture or time period:
Haida
Maker or artist:
John Robson and Charles Edenshaw
Collector:
Annie Moller
Collection date:
unknown
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:
1932
Context of use:
Tourist item.
Department:
Native US and Canada (except California)
Dimensions:
whole— depth 6 inches, whole— height 30.25 inches, and whole— length 4.5 inches
Comment:
Comments by Jim Hart and Reg Davidson, October 1990: "The guy really knew what he was doing. Somebody fixed the beak afterwards - somemhow it feels like an eagle to me the way the beak curves down. Somebody tried to turn the eagle into a raven, but it wasn''t the carver. The top one is an eagle and then a raven and then bear mother. In Haida when you translate it into English it comes out ''Dogfish Mother.'' Next is a shark''s fin. Raven is holding the copper. You can''t see it very often, maybe in old photographs. This is Chinny Charlie''s (Charles Edenshaw). He''s the only one who did human faces like that. Everyone does ovals but he''s the only one who does them that way." Comment from Ira Jacknis, September 2015: based on Wright 2001 "Northern Haida Master Carvers", the creatures on this pole, from top to bottom are: Eagle, Clam in the form of a seal, Bear, Dogfish Mother, Raven with a frog in his mouth.
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), S1962-1963 #62: Phoebe A. Hearst Museum of Anthropology/Alex Nicoloff (June 27, 1963–June 29, 1963), S1963-1964 #2: Department of Anthropology (UC Berkeley)/Vincent Evans (July 8, 1963–July 8, 1963), S1963-1964 #91: Haida-Tlingit Organization, Oakland (May 30, 1964–June 1, 1964), S1963-1964 #9: UC San Francisco Medical Center (September 3, 1963–October 11, 1963), S1964-1965 #100: Haida-Tlingit Organization, Oakland (May 28, 1965–June 7, 1965), S1964-1965 #42: National Park Service (December 18, 1964–January 18, 1965), S1965-1966 #87: Haida-Tlingit Organization, Oakland (May 27, 1966–May 28, 1966), S1966-1967 #77: Physical Education Department (UC Berkeley) (March 9, 1967–March 9, 1967), S1975-1976 #9: Palo Alto Cultural Center (November 1974–unknown), and S2015-2016 #2: Berkeley Art Museum (February 18, 2015–June 7, 2016)
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 6 titled Totem pole model, accession number 2-14267, described as Bottom figures: frog and raven (with small copper in beak); yellow cedar painted red-brown and black. (Identification of frog and raven and yellow cedar by Charles Brown (Tlingit Indian), June 1964)Hearst Museum object 2 of 6 titled Totem pole model, accession number 2-14267, described as Bottom figures: frog and raven (with small copper in beak); yellow cedar painted red-brown and black. (Identification of frog and raven and yellow cedar by Charles Brown (Tlingit Indian), June 1964)Hearst Museum object 3 of 6 titled Totem pole model, accession number 2-14267, described as Bottom figures: frog and raven (with small copper in beak); yellow cedar painted red-brown and black. (Identification of frog and raven and yellow cedar by Charles Brown (Tlingit Indian), June 1964)Hearst Museum object 4 of 6 titled Totem pole model, accession number 2-14267, described as Bottom figures: frog and raven (with small copper in beak); yellow cedar painted red-brown and black. (Identification of frog and raven and yellow cedar by Charles Brown (Tlingit Indian), June 1964)Hearst Museum object 5 of 6 titled Totem pole model, accession number 2-14267, described as Bottom figures: frog and raven (with small copper in beak); yellow cedar painted red-brown and black. (Identification of frog and raven and yellow cedar by Charles Brown (Tlingit Indian), June 1964)Hearst Museum object 6 of 6 titled Totem pole model, accession number 2-14267, described as Bottom figures: frog and raven (with small copper in beak); yellow cedar painted red-brown and black. (Identification of frog and raven and yellow cedar by Charles Brown (Tlingit Indian), June 1964)
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Totem pole model, accession number 2-14267, described as Bottom figures: frog and raven (with small copper in beak); yellow cedar painted red-brown and black. (Identification of frog and raven and yellow cedar by Charles Brown (Tlingit Indian), June 1964)Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Totem pole model, accession number 2-14267, described as Bottom figures: frog and raven (with small copper in beak); yellow cedar painted red-brown and black. (Identification of frog and raven and yellow cedar by Charles Brown (Tlingit Indian), June 1964)Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Totem pole model, accession number 2-14267, described as Bottom figures: frog and raven (with small copper in beak); yellow cedar painted red-brown and black. (Identification of frog and raven and yellow cedar by Charles Brown (Tlingit Indian), June 1964)Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Totem pole model, accession number 2-14267, described as Bottom figures: frog and raven (with small copper in beak); yellow cedar painted red-brown and black. (Identification of frog and raven and yellow cedar by Charles Brown (Tlingit Indian), June 1964)

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