Figural Group | Argillite Item Number: 25.0/277 from the The Burke: University of Washington
Exhibit Label
This figure group is a finial from the lid of an elaborately carved argillite chest, the other parts of which are in the United States National Museum. This is the work of Charles Edensaw, one of the great Haida artists. Here, a bear holds the twisted body of a man in its jaws. (Holm, Crooked Beak of Heaven, 1972)
Item History
- Made by Charles Edenshaw
- Received from Mrs. Anne Gerber
What
- Name
- Figural Group | Argillite
- Identification Number
- 25.0/277
- Type of Item
- figural group
- Material
- argillite stone
- Manufacturing Technique
- carved
- Overall
- length 8.8 cm, height 10.0 cm, width 5.0 cm
Who
- Culture
- Haida
- Creator
- Charles Edenshaw
- Received from
- Mrs. Anne Gerber
Where
- Holding Institution
- The Burke: University of Washington
Other
- Credit
- Sidney Gerber Collection, Gift of Anne Gerber
- Motif
- Bear | Man
- Collection
- Burke Museum Ethnology Collection