Model Totem Pole Item Number: Nb3.1447 from the MOA: University of British Columbia
Description
Carved and painted model pole with a halibut as the base. The figures above the halibut are: crab, octopus, bear holding a seal, killer whale with a seal in its mouth, and eagle. The halibut base is grey with black circle-in-circle eyes, a sideways mouth, black dashes on the side fin, black dashes along the top and the bottom and at the tail. The crab is red with circle-in-circle black eyes and its legs curled under. The octopus has black circle-in-circle eyes surrounded by a tapering red oval and a green area that connects across the bridge of the nose with black brows and black on top of the head; it also has a black outlined open red beak showing a plain tongue. The bear holding a seal has a black body, black circle-in-tapering-oval eyes surrounded by a green area with black brows above, red and green u form ears, green nostrils, an open mouth showing twenty-six plain teeth. The seal has a black body with black circle-in-circle eyes, red nostrils, and an open mouth showing eight plain teeth. The seal has a side fin and a tail, and curves to the left side. The killer whale with the seal in its mouth has a black body with black circle-in-circle eyes, a green nose with red nostrils, and an open mouth showing nineteen plain teeth. The killer whale has side fins and a dorsal fin with a frontal face and red u form within a larger black one that has a red ovoid within at the top. The seal is black with rounded eyes and nostrils and a curving body facing to the left side. The eagle at the top has oval black eyes surrounded by a green area with black brows above and a red lined beak. The outstretched side wings have four feathers with red u forms within larger black ones.
Narrative
Artist Ron Hamilton noted that this artist appeared to have been inspired by a pole from Rivers Inlet.
Item History
- Made by George Walkus ? (Maker) in British Columbia, Canada during 1920
- Owned by Mrs. MacLaren before August 25, 1988
- Received from Mrs. MacLaren (Donor) on August 25, 1988
What
- Name
- Model Totem Pole
- Identification Number
- Nb3.1447
- Type of Item
- totem pole
- Material
- red cedar wood, paint and yellow cedar wood
- Overall
- height 51.0 cm, width 10.0 cm, depth 21.7 cm
Who
- Culture
- Kwakwaka'wakw
- Creator
- George Walkus ? (Maker)
- Previous Owner
- Mrs. MacLaren
- Received from
- Mrs. MacLaren (Donor)
Where
- Holding Institution
- MOA: University of British Columbia
- Made in
- British Columbia, Canada
When
- Creation Date
- during 1920
- Ownership Date
- before August 25, 1988
- Acquisition Date
- on August 25, 1988
Other
- Condition
- good
- Accession Number
- 1306/0002