Northwest Coast Polychromed Wood Figure, probably Tlingit

possibly a guardian figure, standing with feet apart, carved with a devilfish on each leg, another emerging from the open mouth, mask-like face, with exaggerated pointed oval eye rims beneath arching brows, and a deeply hollowed section on the back with a spine in shallow relief; painted in red and blue pigments.

Good overall condition withtypical wear for age. There is a stable hairline crack between the legs and small chips to the devilfish on the legs.
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For a related example identified as a Tlingit Guardian Figure see Wardwell, 1996, p. 310.