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Potlach figure
Potlach figure

Potlach figure

about 1840
Object PlaceKwakwaka'waku, Northern Vancouver Island, Canada
Medium/TechniqueRed cedar and paint (metal armature)
Dimensions172.08 x 46.99 cm (67 3/4 x 18 1/2 in.)
Credit LineMuseum purchase with funds donated by a friend of the Department of American Decorative Arts and Sculpture
Accession number1998.3
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsSculpture
Collections
ProvenanceAbout 1885, acquired by D.F. Tozier (b. 1843 - d. 1926), Tacoma, WA; 1917, sold with the Tozier collection to George Gustav Heye (b. 1874– d. 1957) and became part of the Heye Foundation, Museum of the American Indian, New York (cat. no. 6/8722); 1960, deaccessioned by the Museum. By 1968, Allan Frumkin (dealer; b. 1926 - d. 2002), New York; January 27, 1968, Frumkin collection sale, Parke-Bernet Galleries, New York, lot 77, sold for $6500. Fred Rowl, New York. Francesco Pellizzi, New York. 1998, sold by Donald Ellis (dealer), Ontario, to the MFA. (Accession Date: March 3, 1998)