Model Totem Pole | Chief Skulka's Item Number: 2.5E536 from the The Burke: University of Washington
Exhibit Label
This model pole is remarkable in its very close resemblance to the original full-sized pole from Howkan, Alaska. Most miniature poles are copies only in that they represent the same figures as the originals, but are otherwise carved in the modelmaker's own style. Perhaps this model was made by the carver of Chief Skulka's pole from Howkan. The name Skulka is painted in large letters across the base. (Holm, Spirit and Ancestor, 1987)
Item History
- Received from Dr. R. Pierce Beaver
What
- Name
- Model Totem Pole | Chief Skulka's
- Identification Number
- 2.5E536
- Type of Item
- model totem pole
- Material
- red cedar wood
- Manufacturing Technique
- carved and painted
- Overall
- height 185.4 cm, width 33.0 cm, depth 20.3 cm
Who
- Culture
- Haida: Kaigani
- Received from
- Dr. R. Pierce Beaver
Where
- Holding Institution
- The Burke: University of Washington
Other
- Motif
- Bear | Seal (Sea Mammal)? | Thunderbird | Human Figure | Watchmen | Eagle
- Collection
- Burke Museum Ethnology Collection