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Preview Lot
A Kwakwaka'wakw (Kwakiutl) Sun mask
5 December 2023, 12:00 PST
Los Angeles

US$150,000 - US$200,000

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A Kwakwaka'wakw (Kwakiutl) Sun mask

overall height 32in

Footnotes

Provenance
Donald Ellis Gallery, January 6, 2005
Maynard's, Vancouver, BC, September 18, 2004, lot 64
Reportedly presented to Dr. William Shaw of Campbell River, BC by chief Billy Assu of the We Wai Kai band as a token of thanks for the medical treatment provided to his wife, then by descent through the family
Property from the Collection of William Dana Lippman

Illustrated
Donald Ellis Gallery catalogue, 2005, pg. 3
Brasser, Ted J., Native American Clothing: An Illustrated History, Toronto, Firefly Books, 2009, pg. 293

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