Description:
Northwest Coast Argillite Panel Pipe, Haida, c. 1830-50, classic openwork form, very finely carved with at least six separate creatures depicted, a reclining raven with small figure on its head, beak open to receive the tongue of another creature which rests on another below, with a double face and sitting figure at the end, (minor loss and a repair to a crack),lg. 14 1/4, ht. 3 1/4 in.
Provenance: Private collection, Ottawa; Donn Charnley collection, Canada.
Literature: Bill Holm, Box of Daylight, 1983, p. 105, fig. 177.
Exhibitions: "Box of Daylight", Seattle Art Museum, 1983.
Estimate $15,000-20,000
Has a break and restoration with one small piece of the pipe missing.
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Keywords
Donn Charnley, OttawaAmerican Indian & Tribal Art
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