Art of Africa, Oceania, and the Americas

Art of Africa, Oceania, and the Americas

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Property from an American Private collects ion

Tlingit Shaman's Figure of a Bound Witch, Southeast Alaska

Lot Closed

October 28, 04:50 PM GTNN

Estimate

20,000 - 30,000 USD

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Description

Property from a Private collects ion


Tlingit Shaman's Figure of a Bound Witch, Southeast Alaska


Length: 8 ½ in (21.6 cm)


Wood, pigments

Presumably an English Private collects ion

American Trade, acquired at an English country auction in the 1980s

Acquired from the above by the present owner

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