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THBVintage Kwakwaka'wakw Wooden Two-Faced Rattle
Lot 52a
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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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Featuring historical examples from the American, Spanish, and Mexican frontiers, as well as Native American, Ethnographic, Tribal, Oceanic, Spanish Colonial, more. All items offered for sale have been legally acquired, are legal to sell and are guaranteed to be as described or your money back. Artemis Gallery info@artemisgallery.com
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Native American, Pacific Northwest, Kwakwaka'wakw (Kwakiutl) people, ca. 1960s CE. A beautifully carved and painted wooden rattle in the form of a double-faced (one on each side) sun mask, its classic Northwest Coast features including heavy black brows, wide eyes with large black irises and white scleras, a red tipped nose, red lips with an extended tongue on one side, and parted red lips revealing a red labret over two rows of teeth on the other - all contrasting nicely with an azure blue complexion, and surrounded by a radiating border featuring five golden, ribbed/rayed, scalloped forms against a red ground. The handle is also wood, carved to comprise a tubular form with a chocolate brown leather wrap holding the two halves together. Note that two leather strips secure the faces of the rattle above, which house the actual rattles. Size: 7.125" W x 16.5" H (18.1 cm x 41.9 cm); 16.75" H (42.5 cm) on included custom stand.
In addition to this rattle's mesmerizing aesthetic and iconography, it also was created to serve as a musical instrument that produces a wonderful percussive effect. Shake it to hear a rich, deep rattling sound! Rattles, like many instruments of the Pacific Northwest Coast peoples, are associated with a rich tradition of shamanic practices.
Provenance: private Newport Beach, California Collection; ex Watts collection, Chicago, Illinois, USA
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#162781Minor surface wear with a few expected scuffs. Still contains rattles and produces fabulous percussive effects. Painting and carving are well preserved and vivid.Condition
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