$18,800
Northwest Coast Painted Wood Maskette, Tlingit, 19th century, the hollowed form with open mouth and protruding tongue tip, large stylized eyes, relief-carved arched brows, remnant wood pegs along the stylized headdress (? ), black pigment on the headdress, brows, and eye pupils, traces of blue-green pigment, (wood loss, wear), ht. 4 3/4, wd. 3 3/4 in.
Auctioneer:
Skinner
Date:
2005-09-10