Totem pole model

Museum number:
2-53062
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21020053062
Accession number:
Acc.2979
Description:
Totem pole model; carved and painted abstracted anthropomorphic heads on face; carved crossbar; height 23 cm.
Donor:
Gertrude F. Hess
Collection place:
Winnemucca, Humboldt County, Nevada
Verbatim coll. place:
North American unspecified
Culture or time period:
North America Unspecified
Collector:
Gertrude F. Hess
Collection date:
before 1973
Materials:
Wood (plant material)
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
Production date:
1950-1972
Accession date:
1973
Context of use:
tourist item
Department:
Native US and Canada (except California)
Dimensions:
height 23 centimeters
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 3 titled Totem pole model, accession number 2-53062, described as Totem pole model; carved and painted abstracted anthropomorphic heads on face; carved crossbar; height 23 cm.Hearst Museum object 2 of 3 titled Totem pole model, accession number 2-53062, described as Totem pole model; carved and painted abstracted anthropomorphic heads on face; carved crossbar; height 23 cm.Hearst Museum object 3 of 3 titled Totem pole model, accession number 2-53062, described as Totem pole model; carved and painted abstracted anthropomorphic heads on face; carved crossbar; height 23 cm.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Totem pole model, accession number 2-53062, described as Totem pole model; carved and painted abstracted anthropomorphic heads on face; carved crossbar; height 23 cm.

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