Sujet
A carved and painted cedar board with a design showing ancestry and social position
Légende
A carved and painted cedar board with a design showing ancestry and social position, Boards were attached to the interior house posts which supported the roof beams. Such boards were always made in sets of four which carried similar designs but depicted different aspects of the house groups history. Northwest Coast of America. Tlingit. from a ceremonial house.
Info+
Werner Forman Archive/ University Museum, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
Crédit
Photo12/Universal Images Group/Werner Forman
Notre référence
UMG12A29_154
Model release
Non
Licence
Droits gérés
Format disponible
18,9Mo (1,4Mo) / 15,8cm x 30,0cm / 1864 x 3544 (300dpi)