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THBMid-20th C. Chilkat Potlatch Dance Apron with Shells
Lot 12e
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Artemis Gallery
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Louisville, CO 80027
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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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2018-05-24 10:00:00
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Featuring Pacific Northwest Coast Native American Art from respected collector / dealer, Joseph Alphabet. Artemis Gallery info@artemisgallery.com
Featuring Pacific Northwest Coast Native American Art from respected collector / dealer, Joseph Alphabet. Artemis Gallery info@artemisgallery.com
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- Lot Description
Native American, Pacific Northwest, Chilkat tribe (part of the Tlingit people), southeastern Alaska, ca. 1950s CE. A gorgeous apron, made from painted hide, with long, hanging strips of leather, and approximately ten added seashells tied to the leather strips, creating a pretty tinkling noise as the fringe moves. The surface of the hide is painted with black, white, teal, and yellow motifs that appear to depict the Killer Whale, a common subject of Tlingit artwork. The face is low on the motif, with the two "eyes" above it at either side representing the flukes and dorsal fin of the mythical animal's body. Size: 18.45" W x 14" H (46.9 cm x 35.6 cm); 18.55" H (47.1 cm) on included custom stand.
From a description of a similar object at the Smithsonian (see the link below), a Tlingit adviser says, "People usually first look at that face [in the middle] and say 'oh it’s a human' well, most of the formline or the Chilkat pieces have this human looking face in it and it is representational of the spirit of whatever the creature is. So, in a lot of the Native stories, like the story about the bear or something, where the bear takes their skin off and there’s a person inside — the spirit person inside. This [face] represents that spirit, where they take their skin off and it’s the person inside." This form of painting is seen by the modern Tlingit as a kind of written language, telling a visual story about their beliefs.
See a woven example with a very similar motif at the Smithsonian: https://alaska.si.edu/media.asp?enlarge=842
Provenance: private Newport Beach, California, USA collection; ex-private Northern California, USA collection
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#133655Wear to pigment on the hide as shown. Otherwise in excellent condition.Condition
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