Thunderbird Totem Pole Model (based on the Kwakwaka'wakw Totem Poles which belonged to Nimpkish Chief Tlah-Co-Glass, Alert Bay, British Columbia)
Tlingit
Northwest Coast
collected 1943-1959
Wood and paint
Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: The Wellington Indian Doll Collection Gift of Barbara Wellington Wells
987.35.26876
Geography
Place Made: United States, North America
Period
20th century
Object Name
Model
Research Area
Native American
Native American: Northwest Coast
Not on view
Inscriptions
Inscribed, in graphite, on wings: Thunderbird; stamped: U.S.I.D. / ALASKAN INDIAN
Exhibition History
Braves and Dolls: American Indian Costume in Miniature Dartmouth College Museum, Wilson Hall, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, 1969.
Historical Society of Montana, Helena, Montana, 1955.
Montana Club
Northern Montana College, Havre, Montana, 1954.
Provenance
Alaska Native Arts and Crafts Cooperative (ANAC); possibly purchased at Kaye's, Fairbanks, Alaska; sold to J. W. "Duke" Wellington (1896-1987), 1943-1959; given to his daughter, Barbara Joan Wellington Wells, Barre, Vermont; given to present collection, 1987.
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