Walking Stick Item Number: A2238 from the MOA: University of British Columbia
Description
Walking stick of yellow cedar wood. Stick has three sections: 18 cm. of plain wood from the base; a central section carved in 3/4 round (as a totem pole); and an upper section (15 cm.) that is plain, expanding to a knob handle. The central section has a vertical series of sketchily-carved figures depicting a bird, an animal, a bird, a whale, and a figure (from top to bottom). The bird at the bottom has circular black eyes surrounded by a red area with black brows above, red and black ears, a red lined yellow beak, and two-feathered side wings that consist of a long black u form that has a yellow detailing with a yellow ovoid along the upper part. The upward crouching animal above has circular yellow eyes outlined by black and surrounded by a red tear drop shape, red dot ears within a black u form, a yellow dotted black face, an open red mouth showing sixteen plain teeth, and a yellow body with black limbs. The bird in the middle has circular yellow eyes outlined by black with black brows above, red and black ears, a yellow beak with a closed red mouth, and two-feathered side wings that consist of a black u form with a red and yellow dot within and a black semi-oval along the upper part. The downward facing whale has circular yellow eyes surrounded by a black oval and a green oval, red nostrils, an open red mouth showing sixteen plain teeth, a yellow dotted black back with a small dorsal fin, a red and black dotted plain body, and a face on the upward and downward curving tail. The figure at the top has circular black eyes surrounded by a green area with black brows above, black nostrils, a red mouth surrounded by a yellow area with a black chin, and a black body. The figure is holding a plain copper ? that has red and black face on the upper portion with a vertical red line at either side of the lower portion. The figure wears a two-tiered hat that has black u forms with red in between the plain split u within and a yellow dot at the top.
History Of Use
Walking stick
Item History
- Made in British Columbia, Canada ?
- Received from Unknown (Unknown)
What
- Name
- Walking Stick
- Identification Number
- A2238
- Type of Item
- walking stick
- Material
- yellow cedar wood and paint
- Manufacturing Technique
- carved and painted
- Overall
- height 93.6 cm, width 3.5 cm, depth 4.4 cm
Who
- Culture
- Northwest Coast
- Received from
- Unknown (Unknown)
Where
- Holding Institution
- MOA: University of British Columbia
- Made in
- British Columbia, Canada ?
Other
- Condition
- good