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Argillite Model Totem Pole
Argillite Model Totem Pole

Argillite Model Totem Pole

Dateca. 1900 - 20
Label TextThe style of this unknown artist is in evidence on other argillite carvings in museum collections. Carved for the tourist market, this pole depicts a seal with a fish in its mouth, a raven with upturned tail feathers, and a beaver with hatched markings on its tail.
Object number91.1.68
Exhibition HistorySeattle, Washington, Seattle Art Museum, Documents International: Eleven Heads Are Better than One: Sixth Graders Connect with SAM, April 1, 1999 - April 2, 2000
Credit LineGift of John H. Hauberg
Dimensions8 3/8 x 1 3/8 x 1 5/8 in. (21.27 x 3.49 x 4.13 cm)
MediumArgillite
Argillite model totem pole
Object number: 91.1.144
Qwa.a gyaa.angaa (model totem pole)
Charles Edenshaw
ca. 1885
Object number: 91.1.129
Model Totem Pole
early 20th century
Object number: 91.1.45
Model totem pole
ca. 1880
Object number: 66.66
Photo: Paul Macapia
First Nations, Nuu-chah-nulth, Hesquiat
ca. 1800
Object number: 93.80
Photo: Paul Macapia
Mexican
200 B.C. - 300 A.D.
Object number: 81.17.1375
House model
Mexican
200 B.C. - 300 A.D.
Object number: 50.30
Makah
ca. 1900
Object number: 91.23.1
Canoe Model with painted designs
Makah
ca. 1900
Object number: 91.24
Model canoe
First Nations, Nuu-chah-nulth, Hesquiat
early 20th century
Object number: 91.65