Carved Wooden Figure Or Totem-Pole Item Number: E16294-0 from the National Museum of Natural History
Notes
FROM CARD: "CRUDELY CARVED OF CEDAR WOOD, ONE FIGURE ON TOP OF OTHER. LOWER ONE A SEATED HUMAN FIGURE WITH A FACE CARVED ON THE BACK OF ITS HEAD, UPPER ONE STANDING ON TOP OF THE LOWER HOLDING A LIZARD-LIKE ANIMAL IN FRONT OF ITS TORSO, HAS A CROWN WITH UPSTANDING ELEMENTS."
Item History
- Made in Port Mulgrave, Alaska, USA
- Collected by Dr. William H. Dall in Port Mulgrave, Alaska, USA
- Received from U.S. Coast Survey during 1874
What
- Name
- Carved Wooden Figure Or Totem-Pole
- Identification Number
- E16294-0
- Type of Item
- figure
Who
- Culture
- Tlingit and Yakutat
- Field Collector
- Dr. William H. Dall
- Received from
- U.S. Coast Survey
Where
- Holding Institution
- National Museum of Natural History
- Made in
- Port Mulgrave, Alaska, USA
- Collected in
- Port Mulgrave, Alaska, USA
When
- Acquisition Date
- during 1874
Other
- Accession Number
- 003195