Model Totem Pole

MOA: University of British Columbia

3342/1

Model pole, carved and painted. From top: bird, human figure, rectangular section with three faces (one with body), two figures (one wrapped around the other), and a human figure at the base. Mounted on a small wooden base painted red, off-white and black. The base is square, with a wide angled notch cut out behind the pole.


  • Type of Item totem pole
  • Culture Tsimshian
  • Material wood, paint, metal
  • Measurements height 36.0 cm, width 6.4 cm, depth 6.4 cm (overall)

  • Previous Owner Tina May Cuthbertson, Brian P. Arnold
  • Received from Brian P. Arnold

  • Made in Port Essington

  • Ownership Date before 1950, before January 29, 2019
  • Acquisition Date on January 29, 2019

  • Condition good
  • Accession Number 3342/0001