Sun and Raven pole"; red cedar; painted red, green, black; figures top to bottom: raven wearing potlatch hat, "Daylight Box" from which daylight was released, Sun, 3 figures. Circular head figure with beak represents the sun. Was wired for electric light. Figures and wood type identified by Charles Brown.
Donor:
Grace Blair DePue
Collection place:
Northwest Coast, United States
Verbatim coll. place:
; Northwest Coast
Culture or time period:
Tlingit
Collector:
unknown
Collection date:
1900-1944
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:
February 19, 1945
Context of use:
Hat with several rings on head of raven indicates owner was chief of high prestige (fide Charles Brown).
Department:
Native US and Canada (except California)
Dimensions:
height 117 centimeters
Comment:
Remarks: cf. "Tsimshian Their Arts and Music", pl. IVa, V.E. Garfield et al., AES XVIII.
Loans:
S1963-1964 #9: UC San Francisco Medical Center (September 3, 1963–October 11, 1963), S1964-1965 #49: Alaska Alumni Association, California Chapter (January 15, 1965–January 18, 1965), and S1983-1984 #52: Oakland Museum of California (May 9, 1984–September 7, 1984)