Figure Item Number: A7542 from the MOA: University of British Columbia
Description
Stylized zoomorphic carving with designs painted in black, white and green. A totem-like figure of a bird standing on a fish (broken) sits in the centre of a long, arched piece of whale bone; the head and forelegs of a bear are carved at each end of the bone piece. Images of three whales are painted on either side of the bone.
Narrative
Some items in this collection are thought to have been collected by E. H. Verney, circa 1862. (The seller, D.G. Young, mistakenly wrote in his letters to MOA that the EHV stood for EH Verity.)
Item History
- Made in British Columbia, Canada
- Collected before 1893
- Owned by Edmund Hope Verney and John Scott Young
- Owned by David G. Young before September 15, 1961
- Received from H. R. MacMillan (Funding source) and David G. Young (Seller) on September 15, 1961
What
Who
- Culture
- Nuu-chah-nulth ?
- Previous Owner
- Edmund Hope Verney, John Scott Young and David G. Young
- Received from
- H. R. MacMillan (Funding source) and David G. Young (Seller)
Where
- Holding Institution
- MOA: University of British Columbia
- Made in
- British Columbia, Canada
When
- Collection Date
- before 1893
- Ownership Date
- before September 15, 1961
- Acquisition Date
- on September 15, 1961
Other
- Item Classes
- carvings & sculpture
- Condition
- poor
- Accession Number
- 0053/0016