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Artworks
WILLIAM "BILL" KUHNLEY SR., NON-INDIGENOUS
Model Talking Stick, c. 1998cedar wood, acrylic paint, abalone, and copper, 48.25 x 2.25 x 3.75 in (122.6 x 5.7 x 9.5 cm)
inscribed with artist's initial, "K-".LOT 29
ESTIMATE: $800 — $1,200
PRICE REALIZED: $2,318.00Further images
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Bill Kuhnley Sr. is a well-known, non-Indigenous carver who has been creating modelpoles and talking sticks in and around Seattle for the last several decades. Aftermarrying into the Williams family...Bill Kuhnley Sr. is a well-known, non-Indigenous carver who has been creating modelpoles and talking sticks in and around Seattle for the last several decades. Aftermarrying into the Williams family of Ditidaht carvers, Kuhnley Sr. adopted their styleof art in the late 1960s. His works are characterized by deeply carved designelements, vibrant colours, prominently rendered teeth, inlaid abalone, and overlaidcopper. His son, William Kuhnley Jr. (Ditidaht, b. 1967), is a renowned First Nationsartist who apprenticed with Haida artist Robert Davidson (b. 1946) and has a lovelyMoon mask in this sale (Lot 0052).This multi-figure talking stick is a good sampling of the figures that Kuhnley Sr.creates in his work. It depicts, from top: a Watchman in conical hat holding a Halibut,an inverted Killer Whale, a Seal standing on its flippers with a human face, a divingEagle, and a Frog. Each figure is carefully inlaid with abalone and painted in KuhnleySr.’s varied palette of red, green, gray, brown, blue, and black. Additionally, the tail ofthe Halibut and front flippers of the Seal have been enhanced with overlaid copper.The talking stick features Kuhnley Sr.’s characteristically dark stain and highlypolished finish, giving the piece a silky-smooth feeling to the touch.Provenance
Gallery Indigena, Stratford, Ontario;
Acquired from the above by a Private Collection, accompanied by a copy of the invoice, dated 18 July 1998;
Estate of the above.
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