Figure used in Klokwally ceremony
- Date created
- circa 1895
- Culture/People
- Makah
- Artist/Maker
- attributed to Frank Allabush (Allabush), Makah, ca. 1862-ca. 1915
- Expedition
- John Wanamaker Expedition (1900)
- Expedition sponsor
- John Wanamaker, Non-Indian, 1838-1922
- Expedition leader
- Stewart Culin, Non-Indian, 1858-1929
- Previous owner
- Free Museum of Science and Art (University of Pennsylvania Museum) (University Museum, University of Pennsylvania)
- Collection History
- Collected in 1900 by anthropologist Stewart Culin (1858-1929) during the John Wanamaker Expedition, which was led by Culin and sponsored by the Free Museum of Art and Science (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) and Philadelphia businessman John Wanamaker (1838-1922); part of the collection of the Free Museum of Science and Art until 1908 when it was acquired by George Heye through an exchange with the Free Museum of Science and Art.
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- Place
- Neah Bay, Makah Reservation; Clallam County; Washington; USA
- See related items
- Makah
- Sculpture/Carving/Figures
- On View
- NMAI, New York, NY: Infinity of Nations, Northwest Coast
- Data Source
- National Museum of the American Indian
- Catalog Number
- 1/9313
- Barcode
- 019313.000
- Object Type
- Sculpture/Carving/Figures
- Indigenous Term
- ya-doc-tess
- Object Name
- Figure used in Klokwally ceremony
- Media/Materials
- Wood, paint, cedar bark, metal wire
- Techniques
- Carved, painted, braided
- Dimensions
- 20 x 10 x 10 cm
- Record ID
- NMAI_20311