One of pair of house posts from interior of a plank house. Have projection at the top for mortising to roof poles (Charles Brown, 12 June, 1964). Represents an ancestor.
Donor:
C. F. Newcombe
Collection place:
Smith Inlet, British Columbia, Canada
Verbatim coll. place:
Canada; British Columbia; Smith Inlet
Culture or time period:
Kwakwaka'wakw (Kwakiutl)
Collector:
C. F. Newcombe
Collection date:
1906
Materials:
Wood (plant material)
Object type:
ethnography
Function:
4.1 Dwellings and Furnishings
Accession date:
1907
Context of use:
House posts from interior of a plank house; formerly belonged to a chief of the Kwakiutls.
Department:
Native US and Canada (except California)
Comment:
See 2-9222. "These posts are different from Tlingit house posts which have a groove at the top. These posts were carved by different carvers; they show different workmanship." fide Charles Brown, 12 June, 1964.
Loans:
S1951-1952 #1: University of California, Los Angeles (March 15, 1952–returned by 1957)