Totem Pole

Item number Z 34967 from the MAA: University of Cambridge.

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Description

Carved whale bone bearing a bird, two creatures, a frog and a human. On the reverse the bone is incised with concentric and chevron designs which appear to have been an earlier decoration since they have been removed where the carving has tapered and shaped the bone (G.Crowther).; Good

Context

Label on object gives provenance as Fort Rupert, however it is possible this object came from further north, in the cultural hinterlands between the Northwest coast and the sub-arctic, the Eyak etc., suggested by the material and the concentric circle designs, and the flattened style of carving (G.Crowther). The original European tribal names and, where possible, current tribal names have both been given in separate GLT fields.