Carved whale
about 1870
Object PlaceBritish Columbia, Canada
Medium/TechniqueRed cedar, paint
DimensionsLength x width: 198.1 x 50.8 cm (78 x 20 in.)
Credit LineMuseum purchase with funds donated by The Karolik Society
Accession number2012.152
On View
On viewClassificationsWood Carvings / Turnings
Collections
ProvenanceBy the 1970s, Robert Stopel, London; 1970s, sold by Stopel to Merton Simpson, New York; October 23, 1982, sale (consigned by Merton Simpson), Sotheby’s, New York, lot 175, unsold; January 18, 2011, sale (consigned by Merton Simpson), Christie’s, New York, lot 147, unsold; 2011, sold by Simpson to John Molloy Gallery, New York; 2012, sold by Molloy to the MFA. (Accession Date: April 25, 2012)
18th century
about 1900
about 1880s
about 1700
about 1704
