carved in half of hollowed-out log and painted; animals are based on a whale, then bear, fish (flat) in foreground, with whale in background; bird, bear with frog in mouth; remains of pigment in blue/green (malacite), black and red

Totem Pole, after 1850

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Gift of George Rickeyexpand_more  97.169.1

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Haida, Totem Pole (#924)
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Title
Totem Pole
Role
Artist
Accession Number
97.169.1
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carved in half of hollowed-out log and painted; animals are based on a whale, then bear, fish (flat) in foreground, with whale in background; bird, bear with frog in mouth; remains of pigment in blue/green (malacite), black and red