Carved House-Post Item Number: E298996-0 from the National Museum of Natural History
Notes
From card: "8 feet high. One of the corner posts of Tlokwali house situated at Beaver Prairie, Clallam Co., Washington. Carving represents guardian spirit of builder and owner of the house. Anthropomorphic figure cut from log painted red yellow and black. Nose set on."Per Barbara Brotherton, Seattle Art Museum, 2011, house post Cat. # E298996-0 is similar in form to one illustrated on far left in drawing by Ollie Obi in the National Anthropological Archives - NAA INV08655600, Manuscript 1802, National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution. Caption for drawing: "Totem Poles in the Potlatch Hall at La Push, Quileute Reservation, Wash. drawn in the colors as the[y] appear in that hall."
Item History
- Made in Beaver Prairie, Washington, USA
- Collected in Beaver Prairie, Washington, USA
- Received from Mr. Theodore F. Rixon on March 30, 1917
What
- Name
- Carved House-Post
- Identification Number
- E298996-0
- Type of Item
- house post
Who
- Culture
- Quileute
- Received from
- Mr. Theodore F. Rixon
Where
- Holding Institution
- National Museum of Natural History
- Made in
- Beaver Prairie, Washington, USA
- Collected in
- Beaver Prairie, Washington, USA
When
- Acquisition Date
- on March 30, 1917
Other
- Accession Number
- 060981