Model Totem Pole Item Number: 1-2053 from the The Burke: University of Washington
Exhibit Label
Although Burke Museum records indicate only that this fine model totem pole is from the Northwest Coast, the style of carving is convincingly Tlingit. Althought the pole was certainly made for sale and had no traditional function in native Northwest Coast life, it is a superb example of late- (or possibly mid-) nineteenth century Tlingit sculpture. (Holm, Spirit and Ancestor, 1987)
Item History
- Received from Mrs. Otto Roseleaf
What
- Name
- Model Totem Pole
- Identification Number
- 1-2053
- Type of Item
- model totem pole
- Material
- wood and paint
- Manufacturing Technique
- carved and painted
- Overall
- height 107.0 cm, width 29.0 cm, depth 17.0 cm
Who
- Culture
- Tlingit
- Received from
- Mrs. Otto Roseleaf
Where
- Holding Institution
- The Burke: University of Washington
Other
- Motif
- Human | Bear
- Collection
- Burke Museum Ethnology Collection