House Post, Carved

American Museum of Natural History

16.1/1815

CHIEFLY FEASTS: THE ENDURING KWAKIUTL POTLACH. JONAITIS, ALDONA EXHIBITION CATALOG, 1991 FROM THE LAND OF THE TOTEM POLES. JONAITIS, ALDONA, 1988


  • Type of Item house post
  • Culture Kwakwaka'wakw
  • Material wood

  • Creator Arthur Shaughnessy
  • Received from George Hunt

  • Made in Fort Rupert


  • Subject REPRESENTS HUMAN FIGURE ABOVE, GRIZZLY BEAR BELOW.