Staff head

Museum number:
2-19574
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21020019574
Accession number:
Acc.904
Description:
Carved and painted figure of raven. Red cedar; black feathers; red nostrils and beak. Badly weathered. Info on objects's wood and type and from Charles Brown, June 1964.
Donor:
Harwood A. White
Collection place:
Northwest Coast, United States
Verbatim coll. place:
; Northwest Coast
Culture or time period:
Northwest Coastal People
Collector:
Stewart Edward White
Collection date:
unknown
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Carvings (visual works)
Accession date:
1947
Context of use:
Perhaps formerly attached to hat or end of canoe. Fide Charles Brown, June 1964. More likely top of staff.
Department:
Native US and Canada (except California)
Dimensions:
length 13 inches
Loans:
S1951-1952 #1: University of California, Los Angeles (March 15, 1952–returned by 1957), S1967-1968 #52: Fine Arts Patrons of Newport Harbor (December 28, 1967–March 19, 1968), S1969-1970 #131: Dominican College of San Rafael/Sister M. Joanne (June 1, 1970–July 30, 1970), and S1973-1974 #49: University Art Museum (UC Berkeley) (November 4, 1973–August 8, 1974)
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 3 titled Staff head, accession number 2-19574, described as Carved and painted figure of raven. Red cedar; black feathers; red nostrils and beak. Badly weathered. Info on objects's wood and type and from Charles Brown, June 1964.Hearst Museum object 2 of 3 titled Staff head, accession number 2-19574, described as Carved and painted figure of raven. Red cedar; black feathers; red nostrils and beak. Badly weathered. Info on objects's wood and type and from Charles Brown, June 1964.Hearst Museum object 3 of 3 titled Staff head, accession number 2-19574, described as Carved and painted figure of raven. Red cedar; black feathers; red nostrils and beak. Badly weathered. Info on objects's wood and type and from Charles Brown, June 1964.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Staff head, accession number 2-19574, described as Carved and painted figure of raven. Red cedar; black feathers; red nostrils and beak. Badly weathered. Info on objects's wood and type and from Charles Brown, June 1964.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Staff head, accession number 2-19574, described as Carved and painted figure of raven. Red cedar; black feathers; red nostrils and beak. Badly weathered. Info on objects's wood and type and from Charles Brown, June 1964.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Staff head, accession number 2-19574, described as Carved and painted figure of raven. Red cedar; black feathers; red nostrils and beak. Badly weathered. Info on objects's wood and type and from Charles Brown, June 1964.

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