Figure

Raley catalogue (1934): "Kitamaat. Obtained from old deserted, overgrown village 1895." [Note: uncertain that this notation refers to this object.] Barbeau notes from 1939 state: "Figure from totem pole at Bella Bella. Carved by Wesley (Kitimat). (From C.M. Barbeau photo notes, in the Archives at the Canadian Museum of History, near Ottawa.)

A human-shaped wood carving with a large flat face and a small thin rounded body. The eyes are horizontal slits. The eyebrows are slightly upraised. The cheeks are rounded, and the chin is prominent. The legs are short and truncated. The arms taper downward at an angle. Dark contour lines of the wood sculpting accentuate the high areas.