Carving

Museum number:
2-6495
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21020006495
Alternate number:
x-2688 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.167
Description:
Wooden, set with porcupine quills. Of a raven head. Red cedar, painted red, green and black. Raven, porcupine quills, and red cedar identified by Charles Brown, June 1964. Raven, porcupine quills, and red cedar identified by Charles Brown (Tlingit) June 1964.
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
Taxon:
Erethizon dorsatum
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Carvings (visual works)
Accession date:
1904
Department:
Native US and Canada (except California)
Dimensions:
length 25 centimeters
Loans:
S1945-1946 #4: Winfield Scott Wellington (March 11, 1946–October 28, 1955)
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 3 titled Carving, accession number 2-6495, described as Wooden, set with porcupine quills. Of a raven head. Red cedar, painted red, green and black. Raven, porcupine quills, and red cedar identified by Charles Brown, June 1964. Raven, porcupine quills, and red cedar identified by Charles Brown (Tlingit) June 1964.Hearst Museum object 2 of 3 titled Carving, accession number 2-6495, described as Wooden, set with porcupine quills. Of a raven head. Red cedar, painted red, green and black. Raven, porcupine quills, and red cedar identified by Charles Brown, June 1964. Raven, porcupine quills, and red cedar identified by Charles Brown (Tlingit) June 1964.Hearst Museum object 3 of 3 titled Carving, accession number 2-6495, described as Wooden, set with porcupine quills. Of a raven head. Red cedar, painted red, green and black. Raven, porcupine quills, and red cedar identified by Charles Brown, June 1964. Raven, porcupine quills, and red cedar identified by Charles Brown (Tlingit) June 1964.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Carving, accession number 2-6495, described as Wooden, set with porcupine quills. Of a raven head. Red cedar, painted red, green and black. Raven, porcupine quills, and red cedar identified by Charles Brown, June 1964. Raven, porcupine quills, and red cedar identified by Charles Brown (Tlingit) June 1964.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Carving, accession number 2-6495, described as Wooden, set with porcupine quills. Of a raven head. Red cedar, painted red, green and black. Raven, porcupine quills, and red cedar identified by Charles Brown, June 1964. Raven, porcupine quills, and red cedar identified by Charles Brown (Tlingit) June 1964.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Carving, accession number 2-6495, described as Wooden, set with porcupine quills. Of a raven head. Red cedar, painted red, green and black. Raven, porcupine quills, and red cedar identified by Charles Brown, June 1964. Raven, porcupine quills, and red cedar identified by Charles Brown (Tlingit) June 1964.

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