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Artworks
GLEN RABENA (1953-), NON-INDIGENOUS, ADOPTED HAIDA, HORNBY ISLAND
Mask, 1991wood, acrylic paint, hair, and feathers, 18.25 x 9.75 x 8.25 in (46.4 x 24.8 x 21 cm), dimensions reflect measurements with feathers but without hair.
signed, "RABENA / 91".
LOT 153
ESTIMATE: $1,500 — $2,500
Further images
Glen Rabena began carving in the Northwest Coast style in 1970 and studied at the Gitanmaax School of Northwest Coast Native Art and Design for two years. He worked with...Glen Rabena began carving in the Northwest Coast style in 1970 and studied at the Gitanmaax School of Northwest Coast Native Art and Design for two years. He worked with Robert Davidson as an assistant, helping him create a large canoe and Davidson’s poles for the sculpture garden at Pepsico World Headquarters. Rabena was adopted into the Haida Eagle Clan by Claude Davidson in November 1987. This classic Haida style mask shows his skill in both carving, inlaying, designing and painting, as well as his understanding of the drama and mystery of a mask in motion lit by firelight. The painted design is particularly strong, with bold shapes and fine lines that wrap around the mask to be revealed with a turn of the dancer.
Gary Wyatt
Provenance
Potlatch Arts, Vancouver;
Acquired from the above by the Present Private Collection, Ottawa.
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