Thunderbird Crest Pole
Artist: Mungo Martin
Date: 1930's
Dimensions:
Overall: 102 3/4 x 27 x 30 1/2 in. (261 x 68.6 x 77.5 cm)
Medium: Paint on red cedar wood
Credit Line: From the University of Lethbridge Art Collection; gift of the Crosby family, Banff Alberta, 1982
Object number: 1982.140
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DescriptionA figurative pole carving of a large bird sitting on top of a bear eating a fish. Both the carving and painting of the shapes is highly stylized. figurative, pole, animals, bird, bear, fish, stylization thunderbird, Northwest Coast, crest, totem, Kwak waka 'wakw lineage, tradition
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