Slate Totem-Pole Model Item Number: E88987-0 from the National Museum of Natural History
Notes
From card: "Bear-killer whale, raven, beaver, and fishhawk motifs. Same artist as 274591 - CN Kaufmann 8/67" Illus. Pl. 306, p. 385 and described p. 398 and 410 in Barbeau, Charles Marius. 1953. Haida myths illustrated in argillite carvings. [Ottawa]: Dept. of Resources and Development, National Parks Branch, National Museum of Canada. Identified as the beaver with bone-of-whale teeth inlaid or glued on, and abalone shell inlays in his eyes and ears; the raven with abalone shell inlays; the killer-whale, also with whale bone teeth glued on, and inlaid abalone eyes. Attributed by Henry Young to Moses McKay.
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
- E88987-0
- 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