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    Open a larger version of the following image in a popup: UNIDENTIFIED ARTIST, POSSIBLY TLINGIT OR KWAKWA̱KA̱ʼWAKW, Model Canoe with Beaver Holding Chewstick Prow Figure
    Open a larger version of the following image in a popup: UNIDENTIFIED ARTIST, POSSIBLY TLINGIT OR KWAKWA̱KA̱ʼWAKW, Model Canoe with Beaver Holding Chewstick Prow Figure
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    UNIDENTIFIED ARTIST, POSSIBLY TLINGIT OR KWAKWA̱KA̱ʼWAKW

    Model Canoe with Beaver Holding Chewstick Prow Figure
    carved 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: $312.00

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    • (View a larger image of thumbnail 1 ) UNIDENTIFIED NAVAJO ARTIST, Powder or Tobacco Flask, c. 1960
    • (View a larger image of thumbnail 2 ) UNIDENTIFIED NAVAJO ARTIST, Powder or Tobacco Flask, c. 1960
    • (View a larger image of thumbnail 3 ) UNIDENTIFIED NAVAJO ARTIST, Powder or Tobacco Flask, c. 1960
    • (View a larger image of thumbnail 4 ) UNIDENTIFIED NAVAJO ARTIST, Powder or Tobacco Flask, c. 1960
    • (View a larger image of thumbnail 5 ) UNIDENTIFIED NAVAJO ARTIST, Powder or Tobacco Flask, c. 1960
    • (View a larger image of thumbnail 6 ) UNIDENTIFIED NAVAJO ARTIST, Powder or Tobacco Flask, c. 1960
    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...
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    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


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    Private Collection, Calgary.
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