A Tlingit bone trap stick
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A Tlingit bone trap stick
Carved in-the-round to depict a fish and raven head, faint traces of red pigment remaining, the other end notched and worn smooth from use.
length 11 7/8in
Sold for US$ 7,800 inc. premium

Footnotes

  • Provenance:
    Sotheby's, Fine American Indian, African and Oceanic Art, New York, October 23, 1982, lot 186.

Lot heading

Property from the Phillip Brown collection of Northwest Coast art

Category: Ethnographic Art / Native American

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