Wooden Figure Item Number: X1118.1 from the Brooklyn Museum
Description
This type of wooden sculpture could be given in a potlatch. Old photographs show them wearing blankets over their torsos. It is a standing male figure with facial features clearly marked. Roll of hair or headdress on top of head.
Credit Line
Brooklyn Museum Collection
Item History
- Made between 1868 and 1899
What
- Name
- Wooden Figure
- Identification Number
- X1118.1
- Type of Item
- wooden figure
- Material
- wood, hair and red pigment
- Overall
- length 53.5 in, width 14.5 in, height 6.0 in
Who
- Culture
- Gwa'sala Kwakwaka'wakw
Where
- Holding Institution
- Brooklyn Museum
When
- Creation Date
- between 1868 and 1899
Other
- Classification
- Sculpture