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Pair of carved arms from either a totem pole or welcome figure?
Pair of carved arms from either a totem pole or welcome figure? One arm has corroded metal bar protruding 51 cm out from shoulder. Both have corroded nails.
TWO FIGURES ON TOP OF EACH OTHER, BIRD ON TOP, HUMAN (?) ON BOTTOM. GROOVED BACK, SURFACES ON TOP AND BOTTOM INDICATE BREAKAGE.
Tall pole with carved and painted figures. Figures from top to bottom are: the harpooner, with a whale's dorsal fin in each hand; the second-ranked man in the whaling crew, who holds a harpoon; the shaman, who wears a frontlet and holds a rattle and a wand (and on his tongue is painted the head of a lightning serpent); Puk-ubs (whaler returned from drowing); and a grey whale, held up by Puk-ubs. The eyes and teeth on the shaman's face are in bronze. (The tip of the harpoon was replaced in 2024.)
Skin belt detached into four pieces (parts a-d) with a thin, two strand tie and a beaded geometric design in white, black, red, green and yellow. Underside is undecorated.
item is from the Augustus Henry Lane Fox Pitt Rivers founding collection
item is from the Augustus Henry Lane Fox Pitt Rivers founding collection
item is from the Augustus Henry Lane Fox Pitt Rivers founding collection
House post carved in the form of an upstanding bear with outstretched paws and an open toothy mouth .; Good
The totem pole is described as having four deeply carved emblems, at the base a demi-owl, above it is a raven, next a beaver and lastly a frog (head downwards). Good