Potlatch figure
date: label: Date created
content: circa 1930
name: label: Culture/People
content: Kwakwaka'wakw (Kwakiutl)
label: Artist/Maker
content: Chief Willie Seaweed (Willie Siwid [Siwiti]/Chief Hilamas/The One Able To Set Things Right/Smoky Top/Kwaxitola), Kwakwaka'wakw (Kwakiutl), 1873-1967
label: Collector
content: Wilhelm Helmer, Non-Indian
label: Previous owner
content: Wilhelm Helmer, Non-Indian
label: Seller
content: Wilhelm Helmer, Non-Indian
label: Previous owner
content: Chief Willie Seaweed (Willie Siwid [Siwiti]/Chief Hilamas/The One Able To Set Things Right/Smoky Top/Kwaxitola), Kwakwaka'wakw (Kwakiutl), 1873-1967
notes: label: Collection History
content: Purchased from the artist by Wilhelm Helmer; purchased by MAI from Wilhelm Helmer in 1966.
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place: label: Place
content: Quatsino; Mount Waddington Regional District; British Columbia; Canada
label: Archipelago
content: Vancouver Island Group
label: Island Name
content: Vancouver Island
setName: label: See related items
content: Kwakwaka'wakw (Kwakiutl)
label: See related items
content: Sculpture/Carving/Figures
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of the American Indian
identifier: label: Catalog Number
content: 23/8258
label: Barcode
content: 238258.000
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Sculpture/Carving/Figures
physicalDescription: label: Object Name
content: Potlatch figure
label: Media/Materials
content: Red cedar, pigment/pigments
label: Techniques
content: Carved, painted
label: Dimensions
content: 37 x 28 x 131.3 cm