Killer Whale Carving with Shamanic Elements
Haida
First Nation
Northwest Coast
collected 1820-1860
Horn (possibly sheep horn)
Overall: 3 15/16 × 8 1/4 × 1 1/8 in. (10 × 21 × 2.9 cm)
Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Gift of Margaret Barnhill Roosevelt Kimberly
22.3.1919
Geography
Place Made: Haida Gwaii, Canada, North America
Period
19th century
Object Name
Personal Symbol: Amulet
Research Area
Native American
Native American: Northwest Coast
Not on view
Course History
ANTH 17, The Anthropology of Health and Illness, Sienna Craig, Spring 2012
ANTH 32, AMES 26, Anthropology of Tibet and the Himalayas, Sienna Craig, Spring 2013
REL 53, Religion, Healing and Medicine, Elizabeth Perez, Winter 2012
ANTH 17, The Anthropology of Health and Illness, Sienna Craig, Spring 2012
ANTH 17, The Anthropology of Health and Illness, Sienna Craig, Spring 2012
ANTH 74, The Human Spectrum, Nate Dominy, Spring 2022
Exhibition History
Native Ecologies: Recycle, Resist, Protect, Sustain, Owen Robertson Cheatham Gallery, Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, January 26, 2019-January 5, 2020
Publication History
[Northern, Tamara]. "Native American Art". Hanover, New Hampshire: Hood Museum of Art, page 9 . (Published in conjunction with Gutman Gallery opening exhibition)
Provenance
Collected by "an old sea captain," about 1820-1860; to General John Hewston, California; bequeathed to his niece, Margaret Barnhill Roosevelt Kimberly (1851-1927), West Newton, Massachusetts; given to present collection, 1922.
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