Argillite Carving of Two Facing Seating Anglo-European Men Pulling a Cylinder
Haida
First Nation
Northwest Coast
about 1850
Argillite
Overall: 2 13/16 × 7/8 × 3 3/4 in. (7.2 × 2.3 × 9.5 cm)
Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Gift of Mrs. James Foster Scott, in memory of her late husband, Victor J. Evans
157.9.13876
Geography
Place Made: Haida Gwaii, Canada, North America
Period
19th century
Object Name
Carving
Research Area
Native American
Native American: Northwest Coast
Not on view
Course History
ARTH 16, ANTH 50, Australian Aborigional Art, Howard Morphy, Fall 2012
ANTH 11.01/NAIS 11.01, Ancient Native Americans, Maddie McLeester, Fall 2022
Exhibition History
Native American Art at Dartmouth: Highlights from the Hood Museum of Art, Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, October 8, 2011-March 12, 2012.
Provenance
Collected by Victor Justice Evans (1865-1931), Washington, D.C, date unknown; to his widow, (Mabel) Karen Gram Schaefer Evans Scott Allen (1891-1974), Meriden, New Hampshire, 1931; given to present collection, 1957.
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