Model pole
Model pole
Model pole
Model pole
Model pole
Model pole
Model pole
Model pole
Model pole
Model pole

Currently not on view

Model pole,

before 1885

Lingít
PU 5211 a-c

Information

Title
Model pole
Dates

before 1885

Medium
Wood and red, black, and blue-green pigments
Dimensions
section 1: h. 61.0 cm., w. 12.0 cm., d. 14.0 cm. (24 x 4 3/4 x 5 1/2 in.) section 2: h. 42.6 cm., w. 13.0 cm., d. 14.0 cm. (16 3/4 x 5 1/8 x 5 1/2 in.) section 3/base: h. 40.5 cm., w. 18.2 cm., d. 14.2 cm. (15 15/16 x 7 3/16 x 5 9/16 in.)
Credit Line
Lent by the Department of Geosciences, Princeton University
Object Number
PU 5211 a-c
Place Collected

North America, Sheet'ká Ḵwáan (Sitka)

Marks/Labels/Seals
Painted number in red ink behind frog [Collector number]: J.437
Culture
Lingít, Native American
Type
totem poles, tourist trade, model-making, oral histories
Materials
wood, paint, pigment
Techniques
carving
Subject
moons, frogs, crests, beavers, ravens, figures (representations), totem poles, mythical or legendary beings, whales

Collected by Rev. Dr. Sheldon Jackson, in or after 1877; Given to E. M. Museum (Princeton Museum of Natural History), 1882-1885

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