Anglo-European Male Figure (possibly a Missionary)

Haida
First Nation
Northwest Coast

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collected 1820-1860

Wood and ivory

Overall: 5 7/8 × 1 9/16 in. (15 × 4 cm)

Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Gift of Margaret Barnhill Roosevelt Kimberly

22.3.1942

Geography

Place Made: Haida Gwaii, Canada, North America

Period

19th century

Object Name

Figure

Research Area

Native American

Native American: Northwest Coast

Not on view

Course History

COCO 26, What's In Your Toolbox?, Moktar Bouba and Tania Convertini, Fall 2021

Exhibition History

Survival/Art/History: American Indian Collections from the Hood Museum of Art, Alvin P. Gutman Gallery, Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, November 18, 2000-April 7, 2002.

Publication History

[Northern, Tamara]. "Native American Art". Hanover, New Hampshire: Hood Museum of Art, page 12 . (Published in conjunctionwith 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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