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