Carved Human Figure In Wood
date: label: Accession Date
content: 1858
label: Collection Date
content: 1841
name: label: Collector
content: Samuel B. Elliot
label: Donor Name
content: United States Exploring Expedition
notes: label: Notes
content: FROM CARD FOR 2697-2698: "WOODEN IMAGES CARVED BY THE NATIVES OF OREGON". COLLECTED BY S. B. ELLIOT OF THE EXPEDITION. NO. 249 WAS LOST BY HARNONCOURT IN 1938."
label: Notes
content: Illus. p. 310 and discussed p. 310 and p. 389 of Gilman, Carolyn. 2003. Lewis and Clark across the divide. Washington, D.C.: Smithsonian Books. Identified there as a carving of a sailor, Chinookan, collected by S. B. Elliot when the U.S. Exploring Expedition visited the Oregon coast in 1841.
label: Notes
content: Peale catalogue identifies # 249 (E2698) and # 250 (this object) as "Wooden images carved by the natives of Oregon."
label: Notes
content: Human figure with hands in front pockets. He is wearing a round, patterned hat and has prominent ears. Figure is carved from a single piece of wood, with shallow manufacture marks noted overall, particularly on the legs. Red stain has been applied overall but is mainly noted present under hat rim, under hat brim, in nostrils, and in the mouth. Has original Peale # label.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 30 Jul 2020
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Northwest Coast, Oregon Territory, United States, North America
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Chinook (?)
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 66A00050
label: USNM Number
content: E2697-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Figure
physicalDescription: label: Length - Object
content: 20.4 cm
label: Width - Object
content: 4.1 cm
label: Height - Object
content: 3.9 cm