Totem pole model

Museum number:
2-62003
Permalink:
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Alternate number:
101 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.4296
Description:
Totem pole model, wood, carved with various zoomorphic figures. Bird with spread wings at top, painted in red, black, green, and blue; wings and base nailed to pole. Printing on back states "Genuine Indian Made". Card with totem pole states that it is an "Alert Bay Totem"; see accession envelope.
Donor:
Georgia Ann Scott
Collection place:
Alert Bay, British Columbia, Canada
Verbatim coll. place:
Canada; British Columbia; Alert Bay
Culture or time period:
Kwakwaka'wakw (Kwakiutl)
Collector:
Georgia Ann Scott
Collection date:
unknown
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Carvings (visual works), Models (representations), Sculpture (visual works), and Totem poles
Accession date:
January 4, 1988
Department:
Native US and Canada (except California)
Dimensions:
height 27 centimeters
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 3 titled Totem pole model, accession number 2-62003, described as Totem pole model, wood, carved with various zoomorphic figures. Bird with spread wings at top, painted in red, black, green, and blue; wings and base nailed to pole. Printing on back states "Genuine Indian Made". Card with totem pole states that it is an "Alert Bay Totem"; see accession envelope.Hearst Museum object 2 of 3 titled Totem pole model, accession number 2-62003, described as Totem pole model, wood, carved with various zoomorphic figures. Bird with spread wings at top, painted in red, black, green, and blue; wings and base nailed to pole. Printing on back states "Genuine Indian Made". Card with totem pole states that it is an "Alert Bay Totem"; see accession envelope.Hearst Museum object 3 of 3 titled Totem pole model, accession number 2-62003, described as Totem pole model, wood, carved with various zoomorphic figures. Bird with spread wings at top, painted in red, black, green, and blue; wings and base nailed to pole. Printing on back states "Genuine Indian Made". Card with totem pole states that it is an "Alert Bay Totem"; see accession envelope.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Totem pole model, accession number 2-62003, described as Totem pole model, wood, carved with various zoomorphic figures. Bird with spread wings at top, painted in red, black, green, and blue; wings and base nailed to pole. Printing on back states "Genuine Indian Made". Card with totem pole states that it is an "Alert Bay Totem"; see accession envelope.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Totem pole model, accession number 2-62003, described as Totem pole model, wood, carved with various zoomorphic figures. Bird with spread wings at top, painted in red, black, green, and blue; wings and base nailed to pole. Printing on back states "Genuine Indian Made". Card with totem pole states that it is an "Alert Bay Totem"; see accession envelope.

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