Kwakwaka'wakw (Kwakiutl)
Truncated Male Figure
Kwakwaka'wakw or Tlingit, 19th century
Scroll
Kwakwaka'wakw (Kwakiutl)
Truncated Male Figure
Kwakwaka'wakw or Tlingit, 19th century
Physical Qualities
Wood, abalone shell, bear hair, pigment, 14 9/16 x 5 1/8 x 4 5/16 in. (37 x 13 x 11 cm.)
Credit Line
Gift of Mrs. C.R. Miller
Object Number
1939.48
1/2 length figure-cut flat on bottom-arms flexed with paw-like hands to chest; protruding stomach; eyes and teeth with inlaid shell; mustache and beard of fur; red ears, lips, nostrils; thick black eyebrows; black top of head.
The Baltimore Museum of Art by gift, 1939; Mrs. C.R. Miller.
H. Collins, et al. "The Far North: 2000 Years of American Eskimo and Indian Art," Washington D.C.: National Gallery of Art, 1973, p. 239.
Norman Feder, "American Indian Art," New York: Abrams, n.d., ill. 147.
Holm, "Box of Daylight," University of Washington, 1983, pp. 117, 129-131.
Diana Fane, Ira Jacknis and Lise M. Breen, "Objects of Myth and Memory," Seattle: The Brooklyn Museum in association with Washington University Press, 1991, p. 275, ill. 292.
Audrey Hawthorn, "Kwakiutl Art," Seattle: University of Washington Press, 1979, p. 80, ill. 70, 92, 100.
Norman Feder, "American Indian Art," New York: Abrams, n.d., ill. 147.
Holm, "Box of Daylight," University of Washington, 1983, pp. 117, 129-131.
Diana Fane, Ira Jacknis and Lise M. Breen, "Objects of Myth and Memory," Seattle: The Brooklyn Museum in association with Washington University Press, 1991, p. 275, ill. 292.
Audrey Hawthorn, "Kwakiutl Art," Seattle: University of Washington Press, 1979, p. 80, ill. 70, 92, 100.
Inscribed: label: 'Am. Indian Klinget?'
