Figure | Euro-American | Argillite Item Number: 25.0/286 from the The Burke: University of Washington
Exhibit Label
Another popular subject for the argillite sculptor of the 1840s was the individual figure of the sea captain. These are essentially portraits, but they have the qualities of caricature. This jaunty seaman is an excellent example. (Holm, Crooked Beak of Heaven, 1972)
Item History
- Received from Mrs. Anne Gerber
What
- Name
- Figure | Euro-American | Argillite
- Identification Number
- 25.0/286
- Type of Item
- figure
- Material
- argillite stone
- Manufacturing Technique
- carved
- Overall
- height 34.0 cm, width 9.0 cm, depth 6.5 cm
Who
- Culture
- Haida
- Received from
- Mrs. Anne Gerber
Where
- Holding Institution
- The Burke: University of Washington
Other
- Credit
- Sidney Gerber Collection, Gift of Anne Gerber
- Motif
- Euro-American
- Collection
- Burke Museum Ethnology Collection