Totem Pole Model
41-24-442
From: Canada | British Columbia | Queen Charlotte Islands
Curatorial Section: American
| Object Number | 41-24-442 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Haida |
| Provenience | Canada | British Columbia | Queen Charlotte Islands |
| Culture Area | Northwest Coast Culture Area |
| Period | 19th Century |
| Date Made | 1800-1899 CE |
| Section | American |
| Materials | Argillite |
| Description | Concave back; tenoned base. Representing, from below upward: sea-monster, with bear's head but no ears, forelegs with fins attached, dorsal fin with blow-hole, and a whale's tail turned upward; beaver, holding a stick, seated with tail between his legs and small frog in his ears; cormorant with its tail feathers in its bill. |
| Length | 57 cm |
| Width | 9.6 cm |
| Credit Line | Exchange with the Philadelphia Museum of Art, 1941 |
| Other Number | 25-27-163 - Philadelphia Museum of Art Number | 0211 - Cast Number |
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