Ingmars Lindbergs
Director
The Collection of William Dana Lippman
Lot 5
A Tsimshian or Tlingit raven rattle
12 December 2023, 10:00 PST
Los AngelesUS$70,000 - US$100,000
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Kim Jarand
Specialist
A Tsimshian or Tlingit raven rattle
Of carved and polychrome painted wood, the raven surmounted by a reclining human figure sharing its power through its tongue with a frog and a thunderbird face beyond, the underside with another avian face and additional formline elements, minor repairs/restorations.
length 13 3/4in, height 4 3/4in
length 13 3/4in, height 4 3/4in
Footnotes
Provenance
Private Collection, Scotland
Maurice Joy, London
Collection of Charles and Valerie Diker, New York, NY
Donald Ellis Gallery, New York, NY, Inv. no. N1131
The Collection of William Dana Lippman, acquired from the above
Illustrated
Wardwell, Allen, Native Paths: American Indian Art from the Collection of Charles and Valerie Diker, 1998, New York, NY, Metropolitan Museum of Art, pl. 124
Donald Ellis Gallery catalogue, 2001, pg. 25