Totemic carving

Museum number:
2-4690
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21020004690
Alternate number:
x-1086 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.167
Description:
Small, wooden, of head of a man. Part of a larger carving. Represents doctor (shaman) at practice, wearing bear claw crown (fide Bill Holm).
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:
unknown
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Carvings (visual works)
Accession date:
1904
Department:
Native US and Canada (except California)
Dimensions:
length 6.5 centimeters
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 4 titled Totemic carving, accession number 2-4690, described as Small, wooden, of head of a man. Part of a larger carving. Represents doctor (shaman) at practice, wearing bear claw crown (fide Bill Holm).Hearst Museum object 2 of 4 titled Totemic carving, accession number 2-4690, described as Small, wooden, of head of a man. Part of a larger carving. Represents doctor (shaman) at practice, wearing bear claw crown (fide Bill Holm).Hearst Museum object 3 of 4 titled Totemic carving, accession number 2-4690, described as Small, wooden, of head of a man. Part of a larger carving. Represents doctor (shaman) at practice, wearing bear claw crown (fide Bill Holm).Hearst Museum object 4 of 4 titled Totemic carving, accession number 2-4690, described as Small, wooden, of head of a man. Part of a larger carving. Represents doctor (shaman) at practice, wearing bear claw crown (fide Bill Holm).
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Totemic carving, accession number 2-4690, described as Small, wooden, of head of a man. Part of a larger carving. Represents doctor (shaman) at practice, wearing bear claw crown (fide Bill Holm).Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Totemic carving, accession number 2-4690, described as Small, wooden, of head of a man. Part of a larger carving. Represents doctor (shaman) at practice, wearing bear claw crown (fide Bill Holm).Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Totemic carving, accession number 2-4690, described as Small, wooden, of head of a man. Part of a larger carving. Represents doctor (shaman) at practice, wearing bear claw crown (fide Bill Holm).

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