Title
Tsimshian frontlets represent crest figures although the creature portrayed here may be more abstract than a literal interpretation would suggest
Caption
Tsimshian frontlets represent crest figures although the creature portrayed here may be more abstract than a literal interpretation would suggest, While this carving appears to represent a hawk, it more likely indicates a complex monster. Northwest Coast of America. Tsimshian. collected Greenville in 1913.
Info+
Werner Forman Archive/ Provincial Museum, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada
Credit line
Photo12/Universal Images Group/Werner Forman
Reference
UMG12A28_471
Model release
No
License type
Rights managed
Available size
33,9Mb (1,9Mb) / 11,1in x 11,9in / 3334 x 3556 (300dpi)