Lot Essay
Holm (1983, p. 66, no. 99) states that this box "was painted by a master of the massive formline style."
Details
A TLINGIT BENTWOOD STORAGE BOX
Red cedar
Of rectangular form, the front and back painted with red and black formlines representing frontal animals, on one side on the upper right corner a black painted hooked beaked bird in profile
24¾in. (62.8cm.) high
Red cedar
Of rectangular form, the front and back painted with red and black formlines representing frontal animals, on one side on the upper right corner a black painted hooked beaked bird in profile
24¾in. (62.8cm.) high
Provenance
Collected at Klukwan.
Literature
Holm, 1983, p. 66, no. 99
Exhibited
The Box of Daylight, Seattle Art Museum, September 15, 1983-January 8, 1984, no. 99