Figure, Sea Otter Item Number: 16/8530 A-J from the American Museum of Natural History

Exhibitions

CHIEFLY FEASTS: THE ENDURING KWAKIUTL POTLATCH (AMNH, NEW YORK, NY, USA, 1991)

Publications

CHIEFLY FEASTS: THE ART OF THE POTLATCH. FREED, STANLEY A., 1997, Publisher: POMEGRANATE
CHIEFLY FEASTS: THE ENDURING KWAKIUTL POTLACH. JONAITIS, ALDONA EXHIBITION CATALOG, 1991
THE ETHNOGRAPHY AND ETHNOLOGY OF FRANZ BOAS. WHITE, LESLIE A., 1963
THE KWAKIUTL OF VANCOUVER ISLAND. BOAS, FRANZ MEMOIRS, 8, 1909

Item History

What

Name
Figure, Sea Otter
Identification Number
16/8530 A-J
Type of Item
figure
Material
wood, pigment, metal, cloth, rope and hide
Overall
length 170.0 cm

Who

Culture
Kwakwaka'wakw: Gwa'waenox
Received from
George Hunt

Where

Holding Institution
American Museum of Natural History
Made in
Gwa'waenox, British Columbia, Canada

Other

Subject
SEA OTTER AND SEAGULLS