Carving
29-175-474
From: Canada | British Columbia | Vancouver Island
Curatorial Section: American
| Object Number | 29-175-474 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Kwakiutl |
| Provenience | Canada | British Columbia | Vancouver Island |
| Culture Area | Northwest Coast Culture Area |
| Section | American |
| Materials | Wood | Pigment |
| Description | representing double-headed snake. Back surface flat and undecorated. Front in low relief. Human(?) face with broad closed mouth in center, narrower sec-tion with painted motifs to either side, and snake head in profile and with barred teeth at either end. (Nose of left hand snake broken) Red and black paint used with equal amount of tan wood visable. |
| Length | 55.6 cm |
| Width | 4.4 cm |
| Depth | 1.3 cm |
| Credit Line | Exchange with George G. Heye, 1917 |
| Other Number | 1/3249 - Collector Number |
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