Staff Item Number: 25.0/235 from the The Burke: University of Washington
Exhibit Label
On the basis of the form of the carved figures and painted designs, this staff can be identified as Nootka work. It is made of very heavy wood. The figure of a sea otter is carved on the back of the human face and painted black. Blue, black, red, and white are used in the painted designs. It was probably used as a talking stick. (Holm, Crooked Beak of Heaven, 1972)
Item History
- Received from Mrs. Anne Gerber
What
Who
- Culture
- Northwest Coast
- Received from
- Mrs. Anne Gerber
Where
- Holding Institution
- The Burke: University of Washington
Other
- Motif
- Face | Human | Sea Otter
- Credit
- Sidney Gerber Collection, Gift of Anne Gerber
- Collection
- Burke Museum Ethnology Collection