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Masterfully carved shaman’s soul catcher with abalone shell inlay - Donald Ellis Gallery
Fine shaman’s soul catcher carved from bone with abalone shell inlay - Donald Ellis Gallery

Soul Catcher

Tsimshian
Northern British Columbia

ca. 1790-1820

bone, abalone shell

width: 7"

Inventory # N3026

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acquired by the Thomson Collection now at the Art Gallery of Ontario


PROVENANCE

Heye Foundation, New York, NY
Julius Carlebach, New York, NY
Bernard Reis, New York, NY (acquired late 1970’s)
Private collection, Belgium

RELATED EXAMPLES

American Museum of Natural History, No. T22644 – See: Allen Wardwell: Tangible Visions: Northwest Coast Indian Shamanism and its Art, New York: The Monacelli Press, 1996, no. 285 

Portland Art Museum,  No. 48.3.81 – See: Ibid., no. 288

The British Museum, London, UK, No. 1939 Am.II.I – See: Ibid., no. 295