figure
- Museum number
- Am1896,-.1202
- Description
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Sphinx figure made of wood (pine), plaster.
- Production date
- 1874-1878
- Dimensions
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Height: 74.50 centimetres
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Weight: 18 kilograms
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Width: 36 centimetres
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Depth: 37 centimetres
- Curator's comments
- Register comment from 1896:
"in a deserted village near Masset, Queen Charlotte Islands. Found in a pit in a house. Carved by Simeon Silthda, a Haida, from a picture in an illustrated Bible shown him by Rev. Wm. Collison between 1874 & 1878". There is an additional note that the object was obtained from "[Clarke]".
- Location
- Not on display
- Exhibition history
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Exhibited:
1980 Feb-1983 Aug, Museum of Mankind, Room 9; Art Made for Strangers: Haida Argillite Carving
1993-95, London, Museum of Mankind, 'Treasures of the Americas'
2012 14 Jan-29 Apr, Peabody Essex Museum, Salem; Shapeshifting: Transformations in Native American Art
- Acquisition date
- 1896
- Department
- Africa, Oceania and the Americas
- Registration number
- Am1896,-.1202
- Additional IDs
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CDMS number: Am1896C3.1202 (old CDMS no.)