Property from an American Private Collection
Bentwood Box, Northern Northwest Coast
Lot Closed
January 19, 08:01 PM GMT
Estimate
5,000 - 7,000 USD
Lot Details
Description
Property from an American Private Collection
Bentwood Box, Northern Northwest Coast
Length: 17 ⅛ in (43.5 cm); width: 15 ⅜ in (39 cm); height: 7 ¾ in (19.7 cm)
Inscribed in black ink with the Museum of the American Indian, Heye Foundation inventory number: "19 3528"
Museum of the American Indian, Heye Foundation, New York (inv. no. 19 3528)
American Private Collection, acquired by 1975
Thence by descent to the present owner
The Institute for the Arts, Rice University, Houston, Texas, 1975
Bill Holm and William [Bill] Reid, Form and Freedom: A Dialogue on Northwest Coast Indian Art, Houston, Texas, 1975, pp. 122-123, cat. no. 39
Bill Holm and Bill Reid, Indian Art of the Northwest Coast: A Dialogue on Craftsmanship and Aesthetics, Houston, Texas, and Seattle, Washington, 1976, pp. 122-123, cat. no. 39