Standing Potlatch Figure Item Number: X1118.2 from the Brooklyn Museum
Description
Wooden standing figure. The figure stands on a base with hands resting on stomach, mouth open. Hair or headdress represented on the top of the head.Often these represented chiefly figures and would be dressed with blankets and given away during a potlatch.
Credit Line
Brooklyn Museum Collection
Item History
- Made between 1868 and 1899
What
- Name
- Standing Potlatch Figure
- Identification Number
- X1118.2
- Type of Item
- potlatch figure and standing
- Material
- wood
- Overall
- length 60.6875 in, width 14.1875 in, height 5.5 in
Who
- Culture
- Gwa'sala Kwakwaka'wakw
Where
- Holding Institution
- Brooklyn Museum
When
- Creation Date
- between 1868 and 1899
Other
- Classification
- Sculpture