Carving
29-175-465
From: United States of America | Alaska
Curatorial Section: American
| Object Number | 29-175-465 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Tlingit |
| Provenience | United States of America | Alaska |
| Culture Area | Northwest Coast Culture Area |
| Section | American |
| Materials | Wood | Pigment |
| Description | Representing standing human figure. Back unshaped. Front: arms close to body, only seperated at hands whcih look like flippers. Legs completely unseperated, feet only suggested. Bird-like appearance to head. Pointed slit with encircling black line for mouth. Eyebrow: black lines loop down to indicate nose. Eyes disproportionately large -- painted not carved. Horizontal black lines decorate legs, arms, trunk. |
| Height | 30.8 |
| Width | 8.8 |
| Outside Diameter | 4.4 |
| Credit Line | Exchange with George G. Heye, 1917 |
| Other Number | 6/8884 - Collector Number |
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