Lot Essay
Holm (1983, p. 94, no. 160) is unable to identify the animal represented by the center formline design. The border is decorated with ovals representing opercula shells.
Details
A FINE TLINGIT DANCE WAND
YELLOW CEDAR
Of paddle form, a short shaftlike handle and knob at the end, both sides carved in low relief and painted with an animal figure in red, green, blue and black, a hole through the center, and a border decorated with carved ovals, human hair inserted along one side
20in. (50.8cm.) long
YELLOW CEDAR
Of paddle form, a short shaftlike handle and knob at the end, both sides carved in low relief and painted with an animal figure in red, green, blue and black, a hole through the center, and a border decorated with carved ovals, human hair inserted along one side
20in. (50.8cm.) long
Provenance
Sotheby's New York, December 3, 1986, lot 183
Literature
Holm, 1983, p. 94, no. 160
Exhibited
The Box of Daylight, Seattle Art Museum, September 15, 1983-January 8, 1984, no. 160