Zoomorph

Museum number:
2-8871
Permalink:
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Accession number:
Acc.260
Description:
Carved wooden figure of a fish, ornamented in black and red (salmon). The interior of this figure is hollow and in it is a carved human figure. The fish was made in two pieces and glued together. Carving reference to story of fish which saved man by swallowing him and carrying him ashore inside its belly - Charles Brown, June 1964.
Donor:
Mrs. H. H. Bancroft
Collection place:
Northwest Coast, United States
Verbatim coll. place:
; Northwest Coast
Culture or time period:
Haida and Tlingit
Collector:
Mrs. H. H. Bancroft
Collection date:
1907
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Zoomorphic
Accession date:
1907
Department:
Native US and Canada (except California)
Dimensions:
length 56 centimeters
Loans:
S1990-1991 #23: Blackhawk Museums (March 20, 1991–August 16, 1994)
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 7 titled Zoomorph, accession number 2-8871, described as Carved wooden figure of a fish, ornamented in black and red (salmon). The interior of this figure is hollow and in it is a carved human figure. The fish was made in two pieces and glued together. Carving reference to story of fish which saved man by swallowing him and carrying him ashore inside its belly - Charles Brown, June 1964.Hearst Museum object 2 of 7 titled Zoomorph, accession number 2-8871, described as Carved wooden figure of a fish, ornamented in black and red (salmon). The interior of this figure is hollow and in it is a carved human figure. The fish was made in two pieces and glued together. Carving reference to story of fish which saved man by swallowing him and carrying him ashore inside its belly - Charles Brown, June 1964.Hearst Museum object 3 of 7 titled Zoomorph, accession number 2-8871, described as Carved wooden figure of a fish, ornamented in black and red (salmon). The interior of this figure is hollow and in it is a carved human figure. The fish was made in two pieces and glued together. Carving reference to story of fish which saved man by swallowing him and carrying him ashore inside its belly - Charles Brown, June 1964.Hearst Museum object 4 of 7 titled Zoomorph, accession number 2-8871, described as Carved wooden figure of a fish, ornamented in black and red (salmon). The interior of this figure is hollow and in it is a carved human figure. The fish was made in two pieces and glued together. Carving reference to story of fish which saved man by swallowing him and carrying him ashore inside its belly - Charles Brown, June 1964.Hearst Museum object 5 of 7 titled Zoomorph, accession number 2-8871, described as Carved wooden figure of a fish, ornamented in black and red (salmon). The interior of this figure is hollow and in it is a carved human figure. The fish was made in two pieces and glued together. Carving reference to story of fish which saved man by swallowing him and carrying him ashore inside its belly - Charles Brown, June 1964.Hearst Museum object 6 of 7 titled Zoomorph, accession number 2-8871, described as Carved wooden figure of a fish, ornamented in black and red (salmon). The interior of this figure is hollow and in it is a carved human figure. The fish was made in two pieces and glued together. Carving reference to story of fish which saved man by swallowing him and carrying him ashore inside its belly - Charles Brown, June 1964.Hearst Museum object 7 of 7 titled Zoomorph, accession number 2-8871, described as Carved wooden figure of a fish, ornamented in black and red (salmon). The interior of this figure is hollow and in it is a carved human figure. The fish was made in two pieces and glued together. Carving reference to story of fish which saved man by swallowing him and carrying him ashore inside its belly - Charles Brown, June 1964.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Zoomorph, accession number 2-8871, described as Carved wooden figure of a fish, ornamented in black and red (salmon). The interior of this figure is hollow and in it is a carved human figure. The fish was made in two pieces and glued together. Carving reference to story of fish which saved man by swallowing him and carrying him ashore inside its belly - Charles Brown, June 1964.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Zoomorph, accession number 2-8871, described as Carved wooden figure of a fish, ornamented in black and red (salmon). The interior of this figure is hollow and in it is a carved human figure. The fish was made in two pieces and glued together. Carving reference to story of fish which saved man by swallowing him and carrying him ashore inside its belly - Charles Brown, June 1964.

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