Tsimshian Treasures Return to their Ancestral Home
The Globe and Mail reports that the world-famous Dundas collection of Northwest Coast First Nations art is bound to their ancestral home in BC
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Human Figure
Tsimshian
Northern British Columbia
Northern British Columbia
ca. 1830-50
wood, paint, human hair
height: 11"
Inventory # N2978-13
Sold
PROVENANCE
acquired by the Scottish Reverend Robert J. Dundas from Anglican lay minister William Duncan in 1863 at the village of Metlakatla, British Columbia
by descent in the family
Simon Carey, London, England
Sotheby’s New York, Oct 5, 2006, lot 19
The present human figure was acquired by the Scottish Reverend Robert J. Dundas from the English lay missionary William Duncan on a trip to Canada in 1863. In 1862, Duncan had established a model Church of England mission at Old Metlakatla, an abandoned settlement near Prince Rupert, B.C. Dundas acquired almost 80 objects from Duncan, including crest helmets, rattles and antler clubs which remained in the Dundas family for several generations.
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