Figure of transformation story
Figure of transformation story

Currently not on view

Figure of transformation story,

before 1885

Lingít
ui.2011.49

Information

Title
Figure of transformation story
Dates

before 1885

Medium
Wood with red, black, and green paint
Dimensions
61 × 16 × 6.8 cm (24 × 6 5/16 × 2 11/16 in.)
Credit Line
Museum Collection
Object Number
ui.2011.49
Place Collected

North America, Sheet'ká Ḵwáan (Sitka)

Marks/Labels/Seals
pencil "150"
Culture
Native American, Lingít
Type
tourist trade, figurines, model-making, oral histories
Materials
wood, paint, pigment
Techniques
carving
Subject
mythical or legendary beings, totem poles, fish, figures (representations)

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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