Totem Pole Model
41-24-443
From: Canada | British Columbia | Queen Charlotte Islands
Curatorial Section: American
Object Number | 41-24-443 |
Current Location | Collections Storage |
Culture | Haida |
Provenience | Canada | British Columbia | Queen Charlotte Islands |
Culture Area | Northwest Coast Culture Area |
Section | American |
Materials | Wood | Pigment |
Description | Two-part wooden carving of a totem pole. The base is carved into the shape of a frog with a mortise hole in the back to accept the tenoned pole portion, which is carved from a single piece of wood. The pole tapers to a slightly narrower top than bottom. The back of the pole is hollowed out and the front is carved into various figures, then painted black. From the frog base upward is possibly a bear devouring a frog, a raven, and possibly a woman who became a bear. |
Height | 68.5 cm |
Width | 12 cm |
Depth | 20 cm |
Credit Line | Exchange with the Philadelphia Museum of Art, 1941 |
Other Number | 25-27-162 - Philadelphia Museum of Art Number |
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