House Post, Carved Item Number: 16.1/1815 from the American Museum of Natural History
Publications
CHIEFLY FEASTS: THE ENDURING KWAKIUTL POTLACH. JONAITIS, ALDONA EXHIBITION CATALOG, 1991
FROM THE LAND OF THE TOTEM POLES. JONAITIS, ALDONA, 1988
Item History
- Made by Arthur Shaughnessy in Fort Rupert, British Columbia, Canada
- Received from George Hunt
What
- Name
- House Post, Carved
- Identification Number
- 16.1/1815
- Type of Item
- house post
- Material
- wood
Who
- Culture
- Kwakwaka'wakw
- Creator
- Arthur Shaughnessy
- Received from
- George Hunt
Where
- Holding Institution
- American Museum of Natural History
- Made in
- Fort Rupert, British Columbia, Canada
Other
- Subject
- REPRESENTS HUMAN FIGURE ABOVE, GRIZZLY BEAR BELOW.