Figure Item Number: A17158 from the MOA: University of British Columbia
Description
Figure representing an animal head with emphasized eye sockets, stylized eyes with eyelids, an elongated snout with a ridge along the top, protruding domed nostrils with a hole at the centre of each, lips emphasized by a recessed line, and bared teeth with four fang-like teeth at the front that taper to a point at the bottom of each. The figure is painted black with red nostrils and teeth.
Item History
- Made in British Columbia, Canada
- Owned by Walter C. Koerner before January 1973
- Received from Walter C. Koerner (Donor) during January 1973
What
Who
- Culture
- Northwest Coast
- Previous Owner
- Walter C. Koerner
- Received from
- Walter C. Koerner (Donor)
Where
- Holding Institution
- MOA: University of British Columbia
- Made in
- British Columbia, Canada
When
- Ownership Date
- before January 1973
- Acquisition Date
- during January 1973
Other
- Item Classes
- carvings & sculpture
- Condition
- fair
- Accession Number
- 0233/0024