TIM LAFONTAINE (1975-) CREE, VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA
Kwakwaka'wakw Style Mask, c. mid-2000s
cedar wood, cedar bark, copper, acrylic paint, and string, 12.5 x 9 x 8 in (31.8 x 22.9 x 20.3 cm)
signed and inscribed, "TIM / LAFONTAINE / ELDER / VANCOUVER / B.C.".
signed and inscribed, "TIM / LAFONTAINE / ELDER / VANCOUVER / B.C.".
LOT 84
ESTIMATE: $200 — $400
PRICE REALIZED: $144.00
ESTIMATE: $200 — $400
PRICE REALIZED: $144.00
Further images
This mask depicts an elder of high status (as depicted by the copper eyes) as well as the lines of age and wisdom. Orators would tell stories relating history and...
This mask depicts an elder of high status (as depicted by the copper eyes) as well as the lines of age and wisdom. Orators would tell stories relating history and the interrelationship of all things, protocols and the proper balance between humans and nature. This would be both entertainment during the long winter months and oral history being passed from one generation to the next.
Gary Wyatt
Gary Wyatt
Provenance
Important Private Collection, Pittsburgh, PA.Join Our Mailing List
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