Killer Whale Carving with Shamanic Elements

Haida
First Nation
Northwest Coast

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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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