Painting On Wood Item Number: E328606-0 from the National Museum of Natural History
Notes
From card: "Makah informant, Young Doctor, painted this design to illustrate a vision he had. While on a journey his canoe was surrounded by wolves. Figure in center represents the man, the two animals at the ends, in profile, are the wolves. Design in red, green, black, yellow, and blue. Figure is composite."
Item History
- Made in Neah Bay, Washington, USA
- Collected by Miss Frances T. Densmore in Neah Bay, Washington, USA
- Received from Bureau Of American Ethnology on April 6, 1925
What
- Name
- Painting On Wood
- Identification Number
- E328606-0
- Type of Item
- artwork
Who
- Culture
- Makah
- Field Collector
- Miss Frances T. Densmore
- Received from
- Bureau Of American Ethnology
Where
- Holding Institution
- National Museum of Natural History
- Made in
- Neah Bay, Washington, USA
- Collected in
- Neah Bay, Washington, USA
When
- Acquisition Date
- on April 6, 1925
Other
- Accession Number
- 086958