Model Totem Pole

MOA: University of British Columbia

3260/66

Carved argillite model pole. Pole has a small base and rounded edge at front. Figures from base to top: two bears on top of each other, the one on top holding a fish with both paws and mouth; a big fish with wide face wrapped around a man's body, two heads on fish body. Man’s head on very top.


  • Type of Item totem pole
  • Culture Haida
  • Material argillite stone
  • Measurements height 25.0 cm, width 4.5 cm, depth 4.3 cm (overall)

  • Creator Charles Edenshaw
  • Previous Owner Elspeth McConnell
  • Received from Elspeth McConnell

  • Made in British Columbia

  • Creation Date during 1890
  • Ownership Date before August 12, 2017
  • Acquisition Date on August 12, 2017

  • Condition fair
  • Accession Number 3260/0066