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Northern British Columbia
ca. 1850-60
wood, abalone shell, paint
height: 7 ⅛"
width: 3 ¾"
Inventory # N1805
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PROVENANCE
Inscribed on reverse "Coll. E.H. Verney, Claydon House, 1862, on the N.W.C."
Adelaide DeMenil, New York, NY
Sotheby's, New York, Dec. 2, 1998, lot 436
PUBLISHED
Form and Freedom, Holm and Reid, Seattle, 1975, pgs. 170, 171
La Rime et la Raison, Paris, 1984, pg. 339, No. 187
El Ojo Del Totem, Madrid, 1988, No. 9/15
EXHIBITED
Institute of the Arts, Rice University, Houston, "Form and Freedom", October 23, 1975-January 25, 1976
Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, March 27-May 30, 1976
Art Gallery of South Australia, Adelaide, July 23-August 22, 1976
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne, September 14-October 7, 1976
Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto, January 15-March 13, 1977
Seattle Art Museum, May 11-June 26, 1977
M.H De Young Museum, San Francisco, March 25-May 25, 1978
The St. Louis Art Museum, October 19-December 31, 1978
Galeries nationales du Grand Palais, Paris, "La rime et la raison, Les collections Menil (Houston-New York) April 17-July 30 1984
Centro Cultural de la Villa, Madrid, "El Ojo Del Totem, Arte Y Cultura de los Indios del Noroeste de America", April-May, 1988
Museu Etnologic, Barcelona, June-July, 1988