Model Totem Pole

Item number 3079/1 from the MOA: University of British Columbia.

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Description

Small argillite pole with carved animal figures and human faces. At the base is Bear Mother with twin cubs. The bear has an open mouth and tongue out, clutching two inverted cub faces in its outstretched paws. Above is a killer whale, facing downward, with its tailfins curling back over the top of pole. The back of the pole is smooth and concave. The base is a square of thin argillite.

Narrative

Said to have been acquired by the donor's great-grandfather, Arthur Miller, in Skidegate, between 1888-1891. Reverend Miller was a missionary who was sent to Haida Gwaii in 1888, for four years.