SUPERB NORTHWEST COAST CEREMONIAL FEAST TRAY Chagall Framed: yes

Framed: yes

reinforces the figure’s wild power

with small handle

that is decorated at the lower borders by a pair of killer whales

the headrest is conceived to serve as a communicating vehicle through which to contact ancestors and spirits in dreams

SUPERB NORTHWEST COAST CEREMONIAL FEAST TRAY Chagall Framed: yesHaida or Tlingit Culture, Coastal Alaska and British Columbia Circa 1780 1820 Length: 38 inches (96. 5 cm) Alderwood, Turban snail shell opercula. Provenance: Paul and Mary Thiry Collection Seattle, Washington Art Loss Register certificate #S00257110 Masterfully carved by Tlingit artists, elongated shallow trays of this type are among the most elegant food serving vessels of the Northwest Coast. With their flat bottom and undercut rim, they are