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Totem Poles, Fort Wrangel
Totem Poles, Fort Wrangel
Object Number 976-62-10/100167.1.5
Display Title Totem Poles, Fort Wrangel
Descriptions
Object Description Boudoir card, part of "Alaska Views" series. From Bill Hom, Curator of NW Coast Indian Art, Burke Museum, U. os Washington: Both poles here are gone (rotted). Both have been reproduced, and the repro's are standing. The left one is very interesting because the native tradition is that it is a copy of a Haida Dance Staff which belonged to this family. The original Haida staff is in the Oakland Public Museum (Cal). Obtained through marriage.
Department Photographic
Date late 19th Century
Artist F. Jay Haynes & Bros.
Culture
  • Northwest Coast Native American styles
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America / United States / Alaska / <County> / Fort Wrangell
Materials Cabinet card
Dimensions Overall: 10.795 × 21.59 cm (4 1/4 × 8 1/2 in.)
Quantity 1
Provenance
Donor Donated by Landon T. Clay

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