Haida
Carving (human/animal, wolf, human and bear designs)
Haida, 1879
Scroll
Haida
Carving (human/animal, wolf, human and bear designs)
Haida, 1879
Physical Qualities
Argillite, 4 1/2 x 5 1/2 in. (11.5 x 14 cm.)
Credit Line
Gift of Irene Gulck and Bequest of Florence Reese Winslow, by exchange with the Denver Art Museum
Object Number
1953.4.12
Formline sculpture; one bear holding a human upside down, a second human is holding a bear who is holding the third human who has a knife.
The Baltimore Museum of Art by exchange, 1953; Denver Art Museum by gift; Charles M. Schenk Estate.
Henry B. Collins, et al., "The Far North: 2000 Years of American Eskimo and Indian Art," Washington: National Gallery of Art, 1973, ill. 365.
Henry B. Collins, et al., "The Far North: 2000 Years of American Eskimo and Indian Art," Bloomington: Indiana University Press, 1977, pp. 278-279.
Bill Holm, "Box of Daylight: Northwest Coast Indian Art," Seattle: Seattle Art Museum: University of Washington, 1983, pp. 104-106, 139-142.
E. Keithhahn, "Native Alaskan Art in the State Historical Museum, Juneau, Alaska, Juneau, 1959.
Henry B. Collins, et al., "The Far North: 2000 Years of American Eskimo and Indian Art," Bloomington: Indiana University Press, 1977, pp. 278-279.
Bill Holm, "Box of Daylight: Northwest Coast Indian Art," Seattle: Seattle Art Museum: University of Washington, 1983, pp. 104-106, 139-142.
E. Keithhahn, "Native Alaskan Art in the State Historical Museum, Juneau, Alaska, Juneau, 1959.
Inscribed: Denver Art Museum accession number written in white on bottom; very blurry: 'Qhi-10-G'.
