Showing items held at 13 different institutions.
Showing items held at 13 different institutions.
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Undecorated polished elbow pipe.; Good
Short pipe with a bird, possibly an Eagle, holding the bowl between its wings, and a sharp faced mammal touching the otherside of the bowl. The mouthpiece is held between the arms of a humanoid creature whose body extends along the base of the pipe.; Good
Broken fragment of a panel pipe bearing nonsensical creatures. The uppermost creature has a large toothy mouth, a rudimentary fin and its blowhole forms the pipe bowl, its fish-like body extends towards the mouthpiece. Below another creature, with unusual rounded eyes and a long thin tongue, appears to lack a body. The feathered back and long fingered arms and legs of a broken creature extends along the base of the pipe fragment. This pipe could possibly be the work of the Haida artist known as Long Fingers due to this characteristic of his style.(Gillian Crowther).; Good
Single standing figure of a European (possibly) man wearing carefully observed and carved clothing or uniform.; Good
Expertly carved model totem pole which accurately reproduces details of the wooden poles, e.g. the hollowed out rear of the pole. The creatures depicted are a beaver at the top,wearing a skil property hat and holding what appears to be a portrait mask and the crosshatched beaver tail, and a bear below whose tongue joins the upside down body of a human.The pole has at one time been broken but has been repaired.; Good
Small totem pole composed of an owl (possibly) at the top, a frog and a bear.
A carved circular shallow dish with lower surface decorated with rosette and leaf designs.; Good
A shallow circular dish intricately carved with rosette designs on upper surface and rosette designs with leaves on the lower surface.; Good
This carving is more of a panel than a pipe because it lacks a bowl and any form of mouthpiece. The panel depicts a European and two bird-like creatures. In the centre of the panel is an architectural structure.; Good
This carving is more of a panel than a pipe because it lacks a bowl and any form of mouthpiece. The panel depicts a European on one side of an architectural structure with a dog (?) on the otherside. The structure is inlaid with bone. There is foliage and a tree represented on the panel.; Good