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Totem

Native American, Haida
about 1890
Object Place: Queen Charlotte Islands, British Columbia, Canada

Medium/Technique Argillite
Dimensions 22.86 x 6.35 x 5.08 cm (9 x 2 1/2 x 2 in.)
Credit Line Bequest of Mrs. John H. Thorndike
Accession Number99.593
CollectionsAmericas
ClassificationsUnclassified

Marks In red paint on underside of bottom: "S. / 1804"
Modern paper label, oval with a very thin red border, bears the number "243"
Provenance1899, bequest of Delia White (Mrs. John H.) Thorndike (b. 1825 - d. by 1899), Boston, to the MFA. (Accession Date: December 4, 1899)