A pair of Northwest Coast rattles
2028
A pair of Northwest Coast rattles
Possibly Bella Bella, each similarly painted and carved in shallow relief, totemic faces composed with oval eyes, raised semicircular ears and toothy mouth on one side, a round-eyed grinning creature on the reverse, commercial twine used to wrap the grips.
length 12 1/2 and 12in
Sold for US$ 2,500 inc. premium

Footnotes

  • Provenance:
    Purchased by the present owner's parents around 1962 in Canada at a Hudson Bay Trading Post

Category: Ethnographic Art / Native American

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Jim Haas Bonhams
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Ingmars Lindbergs Bonhams
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