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拍品專文
Cette oeuvre Haïda, avec sa décoration somptueuse illustre au plus haut niveau d’artisanat l’utilisation complexe des motifs linéaires décrits par Bill Holm. Le coffre a été réalisé dans un style classique, avec une plaque servant de base épaisse, sculptée et incisée sur les panneaux avant et arrière avec des motifs totémiques composés d’éléments traditionnels en formes linéaires. Ces coffres servaient à ranger les emblèmes des clans, les insignes cérémoniels du chef, en particulier leurs couvertures Chilkat. Sur chaque panneau latéral sont peints des motifs de lignes figuratives alternant avec des détails hachurés et des paires de motifs en forme de mains évasées. Les couleurs sont conformes à la disposition traditionnelle, avec du noir sur les lignes figuratives primaires larges, du rouge sur les éléments secondaires et du bleu-vert dans les zones tertiaires en retrait. Le coffre est surmonté d’un épais couvercle ajusté. Une boîte semblable à celle-ci a été décrite par Bill Holm comme un chef-d’oeuvre, représentant le visage d’une créature à deux yeux sur la partie supérieure avec des narines et des paupières pointues. En bas, les lignes de forme du corps, qui deviennent aussi les pattes avant, contiennent un panneau facial flanquant la grande tête.
Un coffre Haïda similaire se trouve au Thomas Burke Memorial Washington State Museum (Holm, B., Spirit and Ancestor: A Century of Northwest Coast Indian Art in the Burke Museum, Washington, 1987).
The present Haida work, with its lavish decoration illustrates at the highest level of craftsmanship the complex use of formlines described by Holm. It was constructed in a classic style, with a thick base plate and carved and incised on the front and back panels with totemic patterns composed of traditional formline elements. Such chests were used to store clan emblems, the chief's ceremonial regalia, particularly their costumes of Chilkat or button blankets. Painted on each end panel there are alternating formline patterns with refined linear style, crosshatched details and pairs of splayed hand-like motifs. The colors conform to the traditional arrangement, with black on the broad, primary formlines, red on the secondary elements and bluegreen in the recessed tertiary areas. The chest is surmounted by a thick, fitted lid. A box similar to this one was described by Bill Holm as a masterpiece, depicting the face of a double-eyed creature on the upper section with nostrils and pointed eyelids. Below, the body formlines, which also become the forelegs, contain a face-panels flanking the great head.
For a similar Haida chest is in the Thomas Burke Memorial Wasington State Museum (Holm, B., Spirit and Ancestor: A Century of Northwest Coast Indian Art in the Burke Museum, Washington, 1987).
Un coffre Haïda similaire se trouve au Thomas Burke Memorial Washington State Museum (Holm, B., Spirit and Ancestor: A Century of Northwest Coast Indian Art in the Burke Museum, Washington, 1987).
The present Haida work, with its lavish decoration illustrates at the highest level of craftsmanship the complex use of formlines described by Holm. It was constructed in a classic style, with a thick base plate and carved and incised on the front and back panels with totemic patterns composed of traditional formline elements. Such chests were used to store clan emblems, the chief's ceremonial regalia, particularly their costumes of Chilkat or button blankets. Painted on each end panel there are alternating formline patterns with refined linear style, crosshatched details and pairs of splayed hand-like motifs. The colors conform to the traditional arrangement, with black on the broad, primary formlines, red on the secondary elements and bluegreen in the recessed tertiary areas. The chest is surmounted by a thick, fitted lid. A box similar to this one was described by Bill Holm as a masterpiece, depicting the face of a double-eyed creature on the upper section with nostrils and pointed eyelids. Below, the body formlines, which also become the forelegs, contain a face-panels flanking the great head.
For a similar Haida chest is in the Thomas Burke Memorial Wasington State Museum (Holm, B., Spirit and Ancestor: A Century of Northwest Coast Indian Art in the Burke Museum, Washington, 1987).