Native American Art
Native American Art
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
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
The Institute for the Arts, Rice University, Houston, Texas, 1975