Argillite Totem Pole
Date1879
Mediumargillite
DimensionsOther: 56 × 8.2 cm (22 1/16 × 3 1/4 in.)
ClassificationsCeremonial Objects
Paper Field ReferencesCMH VII-B-787
Object numberHRC 00787
Descriptionpushed and glued into a separate round base with a frog like head pushing its way out of the front. starting at the bottom of the pole, a grizzly bear sits, his fore paws holding his protruding tongue. sitting above is a beaver with bent knees large mouth showing incisors; above, a rave's head with slightly open bent beak. on top sits an eagle with an ivory head pegged and glued on. the back of the pole has been carved concaveExhibition Historythere is a exhibit noted but hard to readPublished References'Haida Myths Illustrated in Argillite Carvings' Marius Barbeau
On View
Not on viewCollections
1879
C. 1879
c. 1900
1879
1890-1904
1879
1899
