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Carved House-PostE298996-0

From card: "8 feet high. One of the corner posts of Tlokwali house situated at Beaver Prairie, Clallam Co., Washington. Carving represents guardian spirit of builder and owner of the house. Anthropomorphic figure cut from log painted red yellow and black. Nose set on."Per Barbara Brotherton, Seattle Art Museum, 2011, house post Cat. # E298996-0 is similar in form to one illustrated on far left in drawing by Ollie Obi in the National Anthropological Archives - NAA INV08655600, Manuscript 1802, National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution. Caption for drawing: "Totem Poles in the Potlatch Hall at La Push, Quileute Reservation, Wash. drawn in the colors as the[y] appear in that hall."

Culture
Quileute
Made in
Beaver Prairie, Washington, USA
Holding Institution
National Museum of Natural History
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