Slate Totem-Pole Model Item Number: E88977-0 from the National Museum of Natural History
Notes
From card: "Beaver, raven, (killer-scana), and sea parrot motifs. Illus. in USNM AR, 1888; pl. 47, fig. 262; p. 322. Also illus. in Barbeau, 1957, fig. 119, p. 107, but misidentified as #73,117." Attributed by Barbeau to carver Thomas Moody. Barbeau identifies motifs as: at the top Eagle or Thunderbird; the figure next is the Whale; the bird below, the Raven; and the Beaver with three skyils at the base.
Item History
- Made in British Columbia, Canada
- Collected by James G. Swan in British Columbia, Canada
- Received on December 21, 1883
What
- Name
- Slate Totem-Pole Model
- Identification Number
- E88977-0
- Type of Item
- crest column model
Who
- Culture
- Haida
- Field Collector
- James G. Swan
Where
- Holding Institution
- National Museum of Natural History
- Made in
- British Columbia, Canada
- Collected in
- British Columbia, Canada
When
- Acquisition Date
- on December 21, 1883
Other
- Accession Number
- 013804