Auction: American Indian & Ethnographic Arts - 2506Location: BostonDate / Time: May 15, 2010 10:00AM
Description:
Northwest Coast Carved and Painted Wood Finial, Tlingit, c. second half 19th century, relief carved stylized avian and animal forms with red, black, and blue-green pigments, partially perforated at edge for hair and sea lion whisker attachments, holes at bottom center with remnant hide thongs, lg. 20 in.
Provenance: Ex Mert Simpson, Ex Paul Rebut Collection.
Estimate $15,000-20,000