House Post, Totem Pole
Haida
First Nation
Northwest Coast
early 20th century
Cedar wood and paint
Overall: 133 7/8 × 12 5/8 × 6 5/16 in. (340 × 32 × 16 cm)
Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Gift of Mrs. James Foster Scott, in memory of her late husband, Victor J. Evans
157.9.13882
Geography
Place Made: Haida Gwaii, Canada, North America
Period
20th century
Object Name
Building Component
Research Area
Native American
Native American: Northwest Coast
Not on view
Exhibition History
People of Potlatch, Heritage Plantation of Sandwich, Sandwich, Massachusetts, May 10, 1987-October 25, 1988.
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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