Thunderbird Totem Pole Model (based on the Kwakwaka'wakw Totem Poles which belonged to Nimpkish Chief Tlah-Co-Glass, Alert Bay, British Columbia)

Tlingit
Northwest Coast

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collected 1943-1959

Wood and paint

Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: The Wellington Indian Doll Collection Gift of Barbara Wellington Wells

987.35.26872

Geography

Place Made: United States, North America

Period

20th century

Object Name

Model

Research Area

Native American

Native American: Northwest Coast

Not on view

Inscriptions

Stamped: U.S. I.D. / ALASKAN INDIAN; inscribed, in graphite, on wings: "Thunderbird"

Course History

WRIT 5, On Poor Taste, William Boyer, Winter 2015

Exhibition History

Braves and Dolls: American Indian Costume in Miniature Dartmouth College Museum, Wilson Hall, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, 1969.

Historical Society of Montana, Helena, Montana, 1955.

Montana Club

Northern Montana College, Havre, Montana, 1954.

Provenance

Possibly acquired through the Alaska Native Arts and Crafts Cooperative (ANAC); possibly purchased at Kaye's, Fairbanks, Alaska; sold to J. W. "Duke" Wellington (1896-1987), 1943-1959; given to his daughter, Barbara Joan Wellington Wells, Barre, Vermont; given to present collection, 1987.

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