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