Bear Medicine Man Item Number: 2004-2/190 from the The Burke: University of Washington
Exhibit Label
Spirit of the Ancestors-On the southern Northwest Coast, spiritual people get their power from animal spirit helpers and other supernatural beings. According to the artist, when the spirit power comes into them, their faces can change. Here the bear and human are combined, showing the intensity of the spirit power of the bear.
Item History
- Made by George C. David
- Received from Arthur B. Steinman
What
Who
- Culture
- Nuu-chah-nulth and Tla-o-qui-aht
- Creator
- George C. David
- Received from
- Arthur B. Steinman
Where
- Holding Institution
- The Burke: University of Washington
Other
- Credit
- Gift of Arthur B. Steinman
- Motif
- Humanoid | Bear
- Collection
- Burke Museum Ethnology Collection