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THBLarge Tlingit Copper Box w/ Sun Motifs & Eagle
Lot 118d
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Artemis Gallery
686 S Taylor Ave, Ste 106
Louisville, CO 80027
United States
Selling antiquities, ancient and ethnographic art online since 1993, Artemis Gallery specializes in Classical Antiquities (Egyptian, Greek, Roman, Near Eastern), Asian, Pre-Columbian, African / Tribal / Oceanographic art. Our extensive inventory includes pottery, stone, metal, wood, glass and textil...Read more
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Native American, Pacific Northwest Coast, United States & Canada, Haida / Tlingit, ca. mid to late 20th century CE. A beautiful, lidded, spruce wood box overlaid in gorgeous, embossed copper sheet on the lid and sides, with leather lining the interior. The lid and the front and end copper-clad faces have classic formline motifs hammered into surface, the lid with an eagle, the end panels with an anthropomorphic sun - copper symbolic of wealth; when polished, its surface was likened to the sun. The frontal face has sharp teeth like a wolf and ovoid heads in each corner; this may be a depiction of the shape-shifting sea monster or "sea-wolf" Gonakadet (Wasgo) who is the guardian of wealth, or possibly Kumugwe, chief of the undersea world and wealth. The lid opens with a chain stay support, the interior and base lined with soft suede. Traditionally, bentwood boxes were used for storing and serving water and foodstuffs. Today, many are made as beautiful pieces of art, this one is unsigned. Size: 16.25" L x 9.75" W x 10.5" H (41.3 cm x 24.8 cm x 26.7 cm)
Provenance: private Alamo, California, USA collection, acquired 2001; ex-Of-The-Earth Gallery, Flagstaff Arizona, USA.
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#179766Areas of green patina on the copper and dark toning. Some wear to interior suede and russet patina on iron hinges. Overall good condition.Condition
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