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Horn Ladle1514
Black Cod Hook25.0/487G
Totem Pole | ReplicaR-199

This is a replica of a pole that once stood in front of the house named "House Passers-by Always Looked Up At" in the village of Haina (New Gold Harbor) on Maude Island in the Queen Charlotte Islands. It was erected around 1870 by "He Whose Word Is Obeyed," belonging to the clan of Those Born on the Stasaos Coast, and displays both his crests and those of his wife, "The Sound of Coppers Clanging," of the Pebble Town Eagles. From bottom to top the figures represent: a killer whale, its upturned tail decorated with a bird head; a woman, identified by the labret in her lip, grasping the whale's dorsal fin and wearing a ringed basketry hat; two watchmen figures at her sides; Tsamaos, the personification of a supernatural river snag who capsizes the canoes of the unwary; a heron with its wings enclosing a human figure who grasps the heron's tail feathers; a man wearing a whale skin with flippers, dorsal fin, and tail; and two watchmen at his sides wearing ringed basketry hats who warn the owners of approaching visitors of danger.This replica was carved by Bill Holm, 1971, based on photos of the original pole, which no longer survives.

Culture
American
Material
red cedar wood
Holding Institution
The Burke: University of Washington
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Halibut Hook1-568
Headdress Ornament1469
Woman's Knife1764
Human Figure25.0/249

Small figures like this one, sometimes dressed in a miniature replica of the shaman's regalia, may have been made for use in his practice. This small man half-crouches, his hands on his knees and his mouth half open as if speaking or singing. A projecting flange on top of his head appears to have been a means of attaching hair or a headdress. (Holm, Crooked Beak of Heaven, 1972)

Culture
Tlingit
Material
wood and paint
Holding Institution
The Burke: University of Washington
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Model Canoe2.5E1752

Culture
Makah
Material
wood and nail
Holding Institution
The Burke: University of Washington
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Halibut Hook1996