A TLINGIT SILVER BROOCH

Details
A TLINGIT SILVER BROOCH
Of rectangular form, with engraved fish and avian imagery
3½in. (8.8cm.) long
Provenance
Sotheby's, New York, May 25, 1993, lot 214

Lot Essay

Brown (1996) writes: "Shark/dogfish and small bird designs, semi-formline style. Fine single-hatched border edging and fine cross-hatched ground areas. Birds may be small sea birds with curled feathers on back of heads."