Totem Pole | Replica Item Number: R-299 from the The Burke: University of Washington
Exhibit Label
A chest at the top of the original mortuary pole held the remains of a Tlingit chief. On this replica pole, the figure of a high-ranking man wears a prestigious ringed basketry hat and sits on a carved bentwood chest. The original pole stood in the village of Old Wrangell (Kasitlan), near present-day Wrangell, Alaska. The noted artist Kadyisdu.xch probably carved that mortuary pole. This replica was carved by Bill Holm, 1972 based on photos of the original pole, which no longer survives.
Item History
- Made by Bill Holm
- Received from Thomas Burke Memorial Washington State Museum
What
- Name
- Totem Pole | Replica
- Identification Number
- R-299
- Type of Item
- totem pole and replica
- Material
- wood, red cedar wood, abalone shell and operculum
- Manufacturing Technique
- carved and painted
- Overall
- height 22.0 ft
Who
- Culture
- American
- Creator
- Bill Holm
- Received from
- Thomas Burke Memorial Washington State Museum
Where
- Holding Institution
- The Burke: University of Washington
Other
- Motif
- Human Figure | Chest | Mortuary
- Collection
- Burke Museum Ethnology Collection