Model Totem Pole
Date1879
Mediumwood, paint
DimensionsOther: 15.5 × 12 × 136 cm (6 1/8 × 4 3/4 × 53 9/16 in.)
ClassificationsCeremonial Objects
Paper Field ReferencesCMH VII-B-930
Object numberHRC 00930
Descriptionnatural wood pole, eye areas painted black, mouth and bodies red. figures from bottomm up,, first plain piece 3.5" wide, then full figure of beaver clasping a frog, then bear clasping man between his knees, then sea wolf supporting killerhwale by his tail in his teeth. top fully carved figure of a seated 3 crown chief with eyes shut, sits between bears ears, with feet on the head of a small animal. back side of pole hollowed out.On View
Not on viewCollections
1899
C. 1879
c. 1900
c. 1879
1879
1890-1904
Gyaawhlins, John Robson (c. 1850-1927)
