TOTEM

Object/Artifact

-

St. Joseph Museums

Name/Title

TOTEM

Entry/Object ID

143/5600

Description

TOTEM POLE/LARGE/9 CARVED ZOO FIGURES/INLAY REPRESENTS 6 GENERATIONS AND 4 CLANSCAT. SAYS BEAR CLAN & CONNECTIONS/VERY HIGH/ GREEN & BLUE CLAN

Collection

NATIVE AMERICAN

Made/Created

Place

Continent

North America

Ethnography

Cultural Region

City

Douglas

State/Province

Alaska

Culture/Tribe

Tlingit
Native American, First Nation

Notes

Labeled "Bear Clan. Tlingit?" in index

Lexicon

Nomenclature 4.0

Nomenclature Secondary Object Term

Totem

Nomenclature Primary Object Term

Symbol, Spiritual

Nomenclature Sub-Class

Belief Symbols

Nomenclature Class

Personal Symbols

Nomenclature Category

Category 08: Communication Objects

Dimensions

Height

6 ft

Parts

Count

1

Material

Wood, ABALONE

Condition

Overall Condition

Good

Provenance

Notes

W H CASE PHOTO #31 ITEM #, ID # 143/352 HLG LEDGER VOL 1, pg. 89E CORR. 12/29/1911