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Finely carved and painted headdress frontlet in the form of a bear - Donald Ellis Gallery

Frontlet

Tsimshian
Northern British Columbia

ca. 1860

wood, abalone shell, paint

height: 7"
width: 6"

Inventory # N1925

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PROVENANCE

Originally acquired from the family of Chief Wee Lezgu, Kitwancool, BC
Mr. Derek, (son of Wee Lezgu) Kitwancool, BC
Michael Johnson, Seattle, WA
Sylvia and Paul Duryee, Seattle, WA

EXHIBITED

Box of Daylight, Seattle Art Museum, September 15, 1983 - January 8, 1984 
Native Visions, Seattle Art Museum, February 19 - May 10, 1998
New York Historical Association, Cooperstown, NY, June 15 - September 13, 1998
Anchorage Museum of History and Art, Anchorage, Alaska, October 18, 1998 - January 10, 1999
Eiteljorg Museum, Indianapolis, Indiana, June 12 - September 6, 1999

PUBLISHED

Native Visions, Steve Brown, Seattle, University of Washington Press, pl. 4.45
Box of Daylight, Bill Holm, Seattle, University of Washington Press, 1984, pl. 7         
Donald Ellis Gallery catalogue, 1999, pg. 5

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