Model Totem Pole
Item number A8142 from the MOA: University of British Columbia.
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Description
A model totem pole that is multi-coloured and aberrant depicting a face, a bird, and a figure (from bottom to top). The face at the bottom is lime green and has circular black eyes surrounded by a tapering red oval outlined by black with white inside. The nostrils are yellow and the open red mouth is showing twelve white teeth. The bird has black circle in tapering oval eyes with white inside. The face and the body are white with vertical rows of red and black dashes. The red mouth is outlined by black. The side wings are red along the top with four black feathers underneath and three black ones below. The feet are yellow. The figure at thet top has a white face with similar eyes to that of the bird below, black brows, and an open mouth showing four black teeth. The body of the figure at the top has similar patterning as the bird below with black limbs. The figure at the top is wearing a three-ringed red hat rimmed with black. On a circular cross-sectioned tree base.
Item History
- Made in British Columbia, Canada ?
- Collected during 1950
- Owned by Keen Estate
- Owned by Edith Bevan Cross before July 30, 1962
- Received from Edith Bevan Cross (Seller) and H. R. MacMillan (Funding source) on July 30, 1962
What
- Name
- Model Totem Pole
- Identification Number
- A8142
- Type of Item
- totem pole
- Material
- paint and wood
- Manufacturing Technique
- carved and painted
- Overall
- height 96.3 cm, width 16.0 cm, depth 16.0 cm
Where
- Holding Institution
- MOA: University of British Columbia
- Made in
- British Columbia, Canada ?
Who
- Culture
- Northwest Coast
- Previous Owner
- Keen Estate and Edith Bevan Cross
- Received from
- Edith Bevan Cross (Seller) and H. R. MacMillan (Funding source)
When
- Collection Date
- during 1950
- Ownership Date
- before July 30, 1962
- Acquisition Date
- on July 30, 1962
Other
- Condition
- fair
- Accession Number
- 0081/0085
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