Totem Pole

Reg Davidson, Native American

1990

  • Titles Totem Pole (Title)
  • Artist Reg Davidson, Canadian, Haida people, born Masset, British Columbia 1954
  • Medium red cedar
  • Dimensions 103 x 32 x 22 in. (261.6 x 81.3 x 55.9 cm)
  • Credit Line Museum purchase with funds provided by the Museum Day Lecture Committee in honor of the Museum Store founders, Mrs. Lloyd Bowers and Mrs. William Rogers; Mrs. Bernard S. Steiner; the general acquisition fund; the Committee for the Traditional Arts Acquisition Fund; and donations from Museum visitors, 1994.115
  • Work Type totem pole
  • Classification Sculpture
  • On View

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