Model house post

Artist Dylan Thomas (Coast Salish, born 1986)

Date2020

MediumMaterial: black pyrophylitte; mother of pearl; larimar, maple

DimensionsOverall (with display base): 19.5 × 8 × 10.3 cm (7 11/16 × 3 1/8 × 4 1/16 in.)

ClassificationsFINE ART

Credit LineCollection of the AGGV

Object number2020.009.002

DescriptionHouse-pole carved in black stone, representing a Thunderbird over a crouching human figure. Thunderbird's eyes are mother of pearl inlays, and human figure's eyes are larimar inlays.
Totem sits on a maple wood stand.

Status

On view