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LOT 136

Canadian

Gitxsan Speaker’s Staff
birchwood
34 5/8 x 2 x 1 5/8 in, 87.9 x 5.1 x 4.1 cm

Estimate: $3,000 - $5,000 CAD

Sold for: $4,375

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PROVENANCE
Curtright & Son Tribal Art, Tacoma, Washington
Acquired from the above by Gary Bell, Vancouver, February 2003


The speaker’s staff, or talking stick, is a carved wooden staff used during community gatherings to faciliate a respectful and structured form of communication wherein the opportunity to speak is reserved by the holder of the staff.

This is a fine early example, very smooth to the touch, depicting animal figures on the top and bottom, while in the middle the staff is flanked by fish and bird figures.

Bill McLennan dated this work to the early twentieth century.

For the biography on Gary Bell in PDF format, please click here.

To view the full catalogue for The Gary Bell Collection: Masterworks of Northwest Coast Art, please click here.


All prices are in Canadian Dollars


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