Human Figure Item Number: 25.0/249 from the The Burke: University of Washington
Exhibit Label
Small figures like this one, sometimes dressed in a miniature replica of the shaman's regalia, may have been made for use in his practice. This small man half-crouches, his hands on his knees and his mouth half open as if speaking or singing. A projecting flange on top of his head appears to have been a means of attaching hair or a headdress. (Holm, Crooked Beak of Heaven, 1972)
Automatically Generated From Material
The paint is red and blue.
Item History
- Received from Mrs. Anne Gerber
What
- Name
- Human Figure
- Identification Number
- 25.0/249
- Type of Item
- human figure
- Material
- wood and paint
- Manufacturing Technique
- carved and painted
- Overall
- height 5.5 in
Who
- Culture
- Tlingit
- Received from
- Mrs. Anne Gerber
Where
- Holding Institution
- The Burke: University of Washington
Other
- Credit
- Sidney Gerber Collection, Gift of Anne Gerber
- Collection
- Burke Museum Ethnology Collection