After more than a century abroad and nearly 50 years in Philadelphia, a 1,000-plus-pound First Nations house post is finally headed home
- Posted on April 28, 2026
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After more than a century abroad and nearly 50 years in Philadelphia, a 1,000-plus-pound First Nations house post is finally headed home
A 176-year-old wooden artifact that has traveled the world, from Vancouver Island to New York to Germany, only to land in Philadelphia will soon embark on the 3,200-mile journey home. The House Post, crafted from cedar wood around 1850 by an unknown Kwakwa̱ka̱ʼwakw First Nations artist in what is now British Columbia, Canada, once towered over the International Sculpture Garden at Penn’s ...
