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National Anthropological Archives
Guide to C. A. H. McCauley drawing of the totem pole of the Brown Bear and Crow (or Raven) Family, 1894
Summary
- Collection ID:
- NAA.MS342397
- Creators:
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McCauley, C. A. H. (Charles Adam Hoke), 1847-1913
- Dates:
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1894 August 7
- Languages:
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English.
- Physical Description:
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1 Drawings (visual works)watercolor6.5 x 10 inches
- Repository:
- Container:
- 342297 / 3632001
Scope and Contents
Scope and Contents
The collection conists of a watercolor drawing by C.A.H. McCauley. The drawing is captioned: "Totem Pole of the Brown Bear & Crow (or Raven) Family of Klinquan, a village of the Haida Indians, 3 miles from Hunter's Point, in Cordova Bay, Prince of Wales Island, Alaska, Drawn by C.A.H McCauley, U.S.A. Aug. 7, 1894... 10 pm."
Administration
Custodial History
The drawing was donated to the Smithsonian Institution by Major General C. F. Humphrey through Colonel E. H. Humphrey, Army War College, on July 26, 1929 (USNM Accession 106,507). It was transferred from the object collections of the Department of Anthropology to the National Anthropological Archives in August 1969.
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Preferred Citation
C. A. H. McCauley drawing of the totem pole of the Brown Bear and Crow (or Raven) Family, National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
Related Materials
Related Materials
The Department of Anthropology object collections holds additional items collected by McCauley in Accession 106507.
The U.S. Military Academy Library, Special Collections holds the C.A.H. McCauley papers.
More Information
Local Numbers
Local Numbers
NAA MS 342,397
USNM Accession Number 106507
USNM Catalog Number 342397
Keywords
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| Haida | Cultural Context | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
| Prince of Wales Island (Alaska) | Geographic | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
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