A RARE MICMAC LOGHOLDER, the curved ends quilled in scarlet and black with star and lenticular devices on a cream ground, borders and the handle with bound spruce root in brown and cream, on four short feet, minor deficienies, second half of the 19th century | Christie's

Lot 14

A RARE MICMAC LOGHOLDER, the curved ends quilled in scarlet and black with star and lenticular devices on a cream ground, borders and the handle with bound spruce root in brown and cream, on four short feet, minor deficienies, second half of the 19th century

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A RARE MICMAC LOGHOLDER, the curved ends quilled in scarlet and black with star and lenticular devices on a cream ground, borders and the handle with bound spruce root in brown and cream, on four short feet, minor deficienies, second half of the 19th century
48cm. high, 43cm. wide

Lot Essay

Cf. a similarly-decorated logholder, but with rectangular panels and plain handle, in the Nova Scotia Museum (Whitehead, 1982, p.48, fig.69)

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