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A MASTERLY CARVED AND PAINTED HAISLA OR HEILTSUK TRIBE RAVEN BOWL
Anthropos Gallery
This Raven Bowl, superbly carved of alder, is painted with native pigments and dates to the 3rd Quarter of the 19th Century, circa 1850 to 1875 on the Central Northwest Coast of British Columbia, the Haisla or Bella Bella tribal region. The application of raven rattle imagery adapted to the form of a grease dish was an inventive creation by a master artist. The Raven holds a frog in his beak, and the cross-hatching on its neck and the incising and overall carving is impeccable.
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Artwork details
Origin
Unknown Haisla or Heiltsuk Artist
Dimension
H 5IN x W 4.5IN x D 3IN x L 10IN x DIA 4.5IN
H 12.7CM x W 11.43CM x D 7.62CM x L 25.4CM x DIA 11.43CM
Provenance
1) Acquired by Anthropos Gallery from the Native North American Collection of Mr. & Mrs. Robert Ohashi, Seattle, Washington in 1999.
2) Acquired from Anthropos Gallery by William Lippman, Beverly Hills, California in 2002.
3) Re-acquired by Anthropos from the William Lippman Collection.
PUBLISHED: Native Visions: Evolution in Northwest Coast Art from the Eighteenth through the Twentieth Century, by Steven C. Brown, Ch. 4, "Changing Times: Art of the Early Classic Era, 1820-1865", P. 87. The Seattle Art Museum in association with the University of Washington Press, Seattle & London, 1998.
Condition
Aside from three age cracks in the alder wood, this bowl is in very good condition.