Carved House-Post Item Number: E299078-0 from the National Museum of Natural History
Notes
From card: "One of the corner posts of last Tlokwali house. Carving (man and whale) represents guardian spirit of owner and builder of house. Newer carving. Carved from a log. Figure carved in relief on slab. No legs. Clasps whale in front of his body. Headdress of feathers set in wood. Painted black and white on face."Per Barbara Brotherton, Seattle Art Museum, 2011, house post Cat. # E299078-0 is similar in form to one illustrated second from 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."
Item History
- Made in La Push, Washington, USA
- Collected by Mrs. Fannie E. Taylor in La Push, Washington, USA
- Received on March 30, 1917
What
- Name
- Carved House-Post
- Identification Number
- E299078-0
- Type of Item
- house post
Who
- Culture
- Quileute
- Field Collector
- Mrs. Fannie E. Taylor
Where
- Holding Institution
- National Museum of Natural History
- Made in
- La Push, Washington, USA
- Collected in
- La Push, Washington, USA
When
- Acquisition Date
- on March 30, 1917
Other
- Accession Number
- 060982