Totemic carving

Museum number:
2-4575
Permalink:
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Alternate number:
x-721 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.167
Description:
Probably of a wolf, carved head in blue/green, black and red with carved projection behind. Made of painted wood.
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:
unknown
Collection date:
1898
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Carvings (visual works)
Accession date:
1904
Context of use:
Probaby part of paraphernalia of shaman (fide Bill Holm).
Department:
Native US and Canada (except California)
Dimensions:
length 16.3 centimeters
Loans:
S1945-1946 #4: Winfield Scott Wellington (March 11, 1946–October 28, 1955)
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 8 titled Totemic carving, accession number 2-4575, described as Probably of a wolf, carved head in blue/green, black and red with carved projection behind. Made of painted wood.Hearst Museum object 2 of 8 titled Totemic carving, accession number 2-4575, described as Probably of a wolf, carved head in blue/green, black and red with carved projection behind. Made of painted wood.Hearst Museum object 3 of 8 titled Totemic carving, accession number 2-4575, described as Probably of a wolf, carved head in blue/green, black and red with carved projection behind. Made of painted wood.Hearst Museum object 4 of 8 titled Totemic carving, accession number 2-4575, described as Probably of a wolf, carved head in blue/green, black and red with carved projection behind. Made of painted wood.Hearst Museum object 5 of 8 titled Totemic carving, accession number 2-4575, described as Probably of a wolf, carved head in blue/green, black and red with carved projection behind. Made of painted wood.Hearst Museum object 6 of 8 titled Totemic carving, accession number 2-4575, described as Probably of a wolf, carved head in blue/green, black and red with carved projection behind. Made of painted wood.Hearst Museum object 7 of 8 titled Totemic carving, accession number 2-4575, described as Probably of a wolf, carved head in blue/green, black and red with carved projection behind. Made of painted wood.Hearst Museum object 8 of 8 titled Totemic carving, accession number 2-4575, described as Probably of a wolf, carved head in blue/green, black and red with carved projection behind. Made of painted wood.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Totemic carving, accession number 2-4575, described as Probably of a wolf, carved head in blue/green, black and red with carved projection behind. Made of painted wood.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Totemic carving, accession number 2-4575, described as Probably of a wolf, carved head in blue/green, black and red with carved projection behind. Made of painted wood.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Totemic carving, accession number 2-4575, described as Probably of a wolf, carved head in blue/green, black and red with carved projection behind. Made of painted wood.

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