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Artworks
REYNOLD COLLINS, TSIMSHIAN, PORT ESSINGTON, BC
Whale Rider Mask, c. 2008alder wood, horse hair, copper, Calyptraea chinensis (Chinese slipper shell), acrylic paint, and leather, 19 x 8.5 x 6.5 in (48.3 x 21.6 x 16.5 cm)
signed, inscribed, and titled, "Reynold / Collins - Tsimshian / 'Whale Rider'".LOT 134
ESTIMATE: $3,000 — $5,000Further images
This Whale Rider Mask, Reynold Collins's submission to the 2009 student exhibition at the Freda Diesing School of Northwest Coast Art, draws on the importance of Killer Whale within Tsimshian...This Whale Rider Mask, Reynold Collins's submission to the 2009 student exhibition at the Freda Diesing School of Northwest Coast Art, draws on the importance of Killer Whale within Tsimshian crest traditions. A member of the Killer Whale Clan, Collins brings human and whale imagery together in a single sculptural form, linking the work to ancestral and supernatural relationships expressed through Northwest Coast crest art. In this work, the rider emerges from the whale rather than simply sitting upon it, giving the mask a strong narrative quality and emphasizing the interconnectedness of human, ancestral, and supernatural worlds.
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Provenance
Spirit Wrestler Gallery, Vancouver, BC;
Acquired from the above by the present Private Collection, 4 June 2009, accompanied by a copy of the original receipt.
Exhibitions
Terrace, BC, Freda Diesing School of Northwest Coast Art, In Honour of our Ancestors: Freda Diesing School Student Art Exhibition, April 2009, no cat. no.
Publications
In Honour of our Ancestors: Freda Diesing School Student Art Exhibition, (Terrace, BC, Freda Diesing School of Northwest Coast Art, 2009), reproduced p. 9.
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