SIX NORTHWEST COAST ARTEFACTS: a Nootka bone trap stick, the finial carved and pierced as a bird head with looped crest; a bone fish engraved and reddened on one side; a bone scraper of flared spatulate form with incised zigzags; a mountain-goat horn spoon, the tapered finial with a carved mask; an oval dish with red painted motifs, the handle to one end carved as a bird head (beak chipped); and a soapberry spoon with red painted bowl rim and handle, the reverse of the bowl with engraved bird head

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SIX NORTHWEST COAST ARTEFACTS: a Nootka bone trap stick, the finial carved and pierced as a bird head with looped crest; a bone fish engraved and reddened on one side; a bone scraper of flared spatulate form with incised zigzags; a mountain-goat horn spoon, the tapered finial with a carved mask; an oval dish with red painted motifs, the handle to one end carved as a bird head (beak chipped); and a soapberry spoon with red painted bowl rim and handle, the reverse of the bowl with engraved bird head
17.5cm. to 38.5cm. long (6)
Provenance
Edith Aggs, on a journey to North America in 1887

Lot Essay

Sold with two xeroxed pages from her journal, see note following preceding lot

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