05-18-201905-18-2019
Skinner Auctions
Skinner AuctionsBoston MA
3243BBoston
May 18, 2019 10:00 AMCalender
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Tlingit Polychrome Pictorial Basket

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$5,535$4,500
Auction: American Indian & Ethnographic Arts - 3243BLocation: BostonDate / Time: May 18, 2019 10:00AM

Description:

Tlingit Polychrome Pictorial Basket, late 19th century, featuring a frieze of killer whales and seals framed by two double bands above and below, with old label attached which reads "spruce root," ht. 7 1/4, wd. 8 in.

Provenance: Samuel Freeman Auctioneers, Philadelphia, November 21 and 22, 1938; M. William Bradley and Walter Peirson Collections.
Estimate $3,000-5,000


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Keywords

M. William Bradley, Walter Peirson, Philadelphia