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Sea Captain Figure
Sea Captain Figure

Sea Captain Figure

Dateca. 1850
Label TextIt was the Pacific Ocean that brought the first non-Natives to the Northwest Coast to map, chart and study the coast for potential commerce. This fine fellow probably represents an English or New England sea captain. Although their clothing and their ships must have seemed strange to the Haida, this artist faithfully recorded the details of the captain's cap, waistcoat, trousers and boots.
Object number91.1.106
Exhibition HistorySeattle, Washington, Seattle Art Museum, The Box of Daylight, Sept. 15, 1983 - Jan. 8, 1984. Seattle, Washington, The Museum: Mixed Metaphors, Fred Wilson, Jan. 28 - June 13, 1993. Seattle, Washington, Seattle Art Museum, Documents International: Reflections in the Mirror: A World of Identity, Apr. 23, 1998 - June 20, 1999. Seattle, Washington, Seattle Art Museum, American Art: The Stories We Carry, Oct. 20, 2022 - ongoing.Published ReferencesThe Spirit Within: Northwest Coast Native Art from the John H. Hauberg Collection, Seattle Art Museum, 1995, pg. 150
Credit LineGift of John H. Hauberg
Dimensions12 1/8 x 4 1/8 x 2 in. (30.8 x 10.48 x 5.08 cm)
MediumArgillite and stone
Photo: Elizbeth Mann
Meissen manufactory, German
ca. 1755
Object number: 2014.16.6
Photo: Paul Macapia
Japanese
ca. 1780
Object number: 91.162
Photo: Paul Macapia
ca. 1885
Object number: 91.1.43
Etruscan
5th century B.C.
Object number: 46.96
Photo: Elizbeth Mann
Bow Porcelain Manufactory, London, England
ca. 1765
Object number: 2014.16.8a
Photo: Elizbeth Mann
Bow Porcelain Manufactory, London, England
ca. 1765
Object number: 2014.16.8b
Platter (qwa.a. qiihlaa)
ca. 1885
Object number: 91.1.73
Photo: Paul Macapia
ca. 1820
Object number: 91.1.143
Plate
1535
Object number: 57.49
Chinese
8th century
Object number: 2010.37.4
Jahrmarkt (Annual Fair):  Der Ausrufer (The Announcer)
Max Beckmann
1921
Object number: 69.47.1