Carved and painted model totem pole. Pole has an eagle at top, wings at sides, feet planted on a small bentwood box. The box is balanced on the head of a human, with protruding nose and painted features, wearing a shoulder cloak. With his hands and feet the man grips a downward facing whale. The whale has a green and black torso with carved and painted eyes and open mouth showing clenched white teeth behind red lips. Its nose plunges into the pole’s rectangular wooden stand which is painted red and green. The back of the pole has been partially hollowed out.

Wood instand with glass inkwell. Base (part a) is made of a low square of cut wood. Top back is flat, while front is curved concavely. The wood is painted dark brown. A round hole is bored through the centre back to hold the glass container (part b). Inkwell is round, with a thick bottom that flares toward the thick rim at top. A paper label is nailed to the front edge. Label reads: "This Inkstand is made from timber taken from the “S.S. GLAD TIDINGS”, First Methodist Mission Boat on the British Columbia Coast., 1884 - 1903".

CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE ETHNOLOGY OF THE HAIDA [OF QUEEN CHARLOTTE ISLANDS]. SWANTON, JOHN R. MEMOIRS, 8, 1905

Inkstand is made of a low square of cut wood. Top back is flat, while front is curved concavely. The wood is painted dark brown. A round hole is bored through the centre back to hold a glass container (missing). A paper label is nailed to the front edge. Label reads: "This Inkstand is made from timber taken from the “S.S. GLAD TIDINGS”, First Methodist Mission Boat on the British Columbia Coast., 1884 - 1903".

The Elizabeth Cole Butler Collection.

The Elizabeth Cole Butler Collection.

Gift of Lillian Pitt.

Gift of Lillian Pitt.

Many of Chapman’s works combine a surrealist vision with a very Native American sense of humor. Often, his compositions feature a window that seems to float in space and looks out into a forest. In some instances, there are otherworldly creatures that stare back through the glass and confront the viewer in a very unsettling manner. In Deer Departed, Chapman has outlined a deer head in the broken window and makes a pun out of the title.

Figure of Maximon/San Simon seated on a chair and festooned with offerings. The painted wood body is dressed in a green fabric army uniform and red scarf and is bound to a wooden chair with straw seat with a multi-coloured belt that ties a metal sword around his waist. The head with metal hat (part b) is on a metal post that sticks into the neck and is removable. Other offerings include a metal necklace (c), two paper money bills (parts d, g), a colourful clay incense burner (e), and a glass bottle of liquid (part f).