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Artworks
UNIDENTIFIED ARTIST, POSSIBLY TLINGIT OR KWAKWA̱KA̱ʼWAKW
Model Canoe with Beaver Holding Chewstick Prow Figurecarved and stained cedar wood, 4.75 x 18.75 x 3.25 in (12.1 x 47.6 x 8.3 cm)
unsigned.LOT 39
ESTIMATE: $400 — $600
PRICE REALIZED: $312.00Further images
A northern style canoe model with a prow figure in the form of a beaver holding a chewstick. In the late nineteenth and early 20th centuries, sculptured figures would depict...A northern style canoe model with a prow figure in the form of a beaver holding a chewstick. In the late nineteenth and early 20th centuries, sculptured figures would depict the crest of the clan or house which owned the canoe. Model canoes with carved prow figures are relatively rare and much less common than painted examples.
— Christopher W. Smith
Provenance
Private Collection, Calgary.
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