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totem-pole
Object Type
totem-pole
Museum number
Am1903,0314.1
Description
Totem pole carved of wood (cedar).
Production ethnic group
Made by:
Haida
Made by:
Northwest Coast Peoples
Production date
1850
(circa)
Findspot
Found/Acquired:
Kayang
Found/Acquired:
Masset
Materials
cedar wood
Technique
carved
Dimensions
Height:
12 metres
(estimate)
Weight:
1.20 metres
(estimate)
Curator's comments
The BM Pictorial Collection owns two photographic prints of this totem pole in its original location. See Am-B43-24 and Am-B43-25.
Bibliographic references
Rhyne 2009 / The Challenge of International Standards: Nineteenth Century Native American Totem Poles as a Case Study
(p. 212)
Dalton & Joyce 1910 / Handbook to the Ethnographical Collections
(Fig. 236)
Attenborough 1976 / The Tribal Eye
(p.30)
Location
On display
(Great Court)
Exhibition history
Exhibited: 2008 7 Jun-Present, BM Great Court, Permanent display 2006 15 Jul-2008 7 Jun, BM North Staircase, Permanent display
Acquisition name
Purchased from:
Dr Charles Frederick Newcombe
Acquisition date
1903
Department
Africa, Oceania and the Americas
Registration number
Am1903,0314.1
Conservation
Treatment
: 17 Jun 1999
Gallery Clean
: 12 Aug 2014
Gallery Clean
: 12 May 2012
Gallery Clean
: 12 Jan 2017
Gallery Clean
: 29 Nov 2004
Treatment
: 16 Aug 2007
Treatment
: 06 Nov 2000
Treatment
: 04 Sep 2000
Treatment
: 20 Jun 1997
Treatment
: 04 May 1993
Treatment
: 14 May 1991
Treatment
: 11 Mar 2003
Treatment
: 25 Sep 2002
Gallery Clean
: 01/07/2018
Gallery Clean
: 01/01/2020
Gallery Clean
: 01/01/2022