Totem Pole Model
date: label: Accession Date
content: 28 Aug 1992
label: Collection Date
content: 1986
name: label: Donor Name
content: Hirshhorn Museum & Sculpture Garden
notes: label: Notes
content: PROVENIENCE UNDOCUMENTED. IDENTIFICATION PROVIDED BY HMSG. CARVED ARGILLITE TOTEM POLE MODEL IS AFFIXED TO SQUARE BLACK WOODEN BASE. TOTEM POLE'S FRONT SIDE HAS CARVED HEAD MOTIFS BASED ON THE FORMLINE SYSTEM (PAGES 606-607, HANDBOOK OF N. AM. INDIANS, VOL. 7, SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION, 1990). FROM TOP: CROWNED HUMAN HEAD, BIRD'S HEAD HOLDING SOMETHING IN ITS BEAK; ANOTHER BIRD'S HEAD W/ WINGS FOLDED IN FRONT; FISH HOLDING ANOTHER FISH IN ITS MOUTH. FLAT BACK SIDE HAS 3 LABELS: 1) "INDIAN (AMERICAN), TOTEM POLE (BRITISH COLUMBIA), CARVED STONE, 10" HGT, T, S 399.75, 99." 2) "H STADTHAGEN, THE INDIAN TRADER, 79 JOHNSON ST. VICTORIA BC, 10 INCH." 3) "TOTEM POLS ( ) GENIALOGIQUE PROVENANT DE LA TRIBE INDIGENIQUE HAIDATI - ILE DE LA REINE CHARLOTTE (COLOMBIE BRITANNIQUE) PAR LES DU COLONEL GREGORY AGENT CONSULAIR DE FRANCE A VICTORIA." BASE BOTTOM IS LINED W/ GREEN FELT & HAS 2 HANDWRITTEN LABELS: "S.399.75" ON TOP OF A PIECE OF MASKING TAPE (HAS ILLEGIBLE WRITING). CONDITION: LONG CRACK RUNNING LENGTHWISE ON THE BACK. PREVIOUS BREAKAGE & SUBSEQUENT REPAIR. ARGILLITE TRADE WAS DEVELOPED FOR THE DECORATIVE SOUVERNIRS MARKET. FOR MORE INFORMATION, SEE PGS 256, 609 IN HANDBOOK.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 7 Jul 2021
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Queen Charlotte Islands (Haida Gwaii), British Columbia, Canada, North America
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Haida
setName: label: See more items in
content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 370312
label: USNM Number
content: E428122-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Crest Column Model
physicalDescription: label: Length - Object
content: 25.5 cm
label: Width - Object
content: 5 cm
label: Height - Object
content: 5 cm