Totem pole model

Museum number:
2-41024
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21020041024
Accession number:
Acc.2189
Description:
Wooden totem pole model, carved and painted, on wooden base; upper half, which probably represents a raven, has carved head, black-painted details. Old label says "Kitkatlah, B.C.".
Donor:
Barbara E. Busch and Joseph Busch
Collection place:
Kitkatla, British Columbia, Canada
Verbatim coll. place:
Canada; British Columbia; Kitkatla
Culture or time period:
Tsimshian
Collector:
Friends of Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Busch
Collection date:
ca. 1940
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Carvings (visual works), Models (representations), Sculpture (visual works), and Totem poles
Accession date:
1966
Context of use:
Model.
Department:
Native US and Canada (except California)
Dimensions:
height 28 centimeters
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 4 titled Totem pole model, accession number 2-41024, described as Wooden totem pole model, carved and painted, on wooden base; upper half, which probably represents a raven, has carved head, black-painted details. Old label says "Kitkatlah, B.C.".Hearst Museum object 2 of 4 titled Totem pole model, accession number 2-41024, described as Wooden totem pole model, carved and painted, on wooden base; upper half, which probably represents a raven, has carved head, black-painted details. Old label says "Kitkatlah, B.C.".Hearst Museum object 3 of 4 titled Totem pole model, accession number 2-41024, described as Wooden totem pole model, carved and painted, on wooden base; upper half, which probably represents a raven, has carved head, black-painted details. Old label says "Kitkatlah, B.C.".Hearst Museum object 4 of 4 titled Totem pole model, accession number 2-41024, described as Wooden totem pole model, carved and painted, on wooden base; upper half, which probably represents a raven, has carved head, black-painted details. Old label says "Kitkatlah, B.C.".
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Totem pole model, accession number 2-41024, described as Wooden totem pole model, carved and painted, on wooden base; upper half, which probably represents a raven, has carved head, black-painted details. Old label says "Kitkatlah, B.C.".Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Totem pole model, accession number 2-41024, described as Wooden totem pole model, carved and painted, on wooden base; upper half, which probably represents a raven, has carved head, black-painted details. Old label says "Kitkatlah, B.C.".

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