Bent-corner chest
Dateca. 1860
Maker
Captain (Richard) Carpenter (Du'klwayella)
Heiltsukw, Waglisla, 1841-1931
Label TextThis chest was collected in Alaska but is certainly from the hand of a Heiltsuk (northern British Columbia) artist named Captain Richard Carpenter. His signature approach to carving and painting can be seen in the clarity and uniformity of his beautiful designs, an overall pattern of sinuous formlines in black and red, tulip-shaped red and blue U-shaped forms, and embellishment with crosshatching and dashes in selected areas.
Object number86.278
ProvenanceJohn H. Hauberg, Seattle, Washington and John and Grace Putnam, Bellevue, Washington, until 1986; Seattle Art Museum, Seattle, Washington
Photo CreditPhoto: Paul Macapia
Exhibition HistorySeattle, Washington, Seattle Art Museum, Native Visions: Northwest Coast Art, 18th Century to the Present, October 1, 1998 - January 31, 1999
Seattle, Washington, Seattle Art Museum, Box Of Daylight: Nortwest Coast Indian Art, September 15, 1983 - January 8, 1984Published ReferencesHolm, Bill, Box of Daylight: Northwest Coast Indian Art, Seattle, WA: Seattle Art Museum / University of Washington Press, 1983, no. 109, p. 71, illus.
Selected Works, Seattle, WA: Seattle Art Museum, 1991, p. 71
The Spirit Within: Northwest Coast Native Art from the John H. Hauberg Collection, Seattle, WA: Seattle Art Museum, 1995, p. 176
Brown, Steven C., Native Visions: Evolution in Northwest Coast Art from the Eighteenth Through the Twentieth Century, Seattle, WA: Seattle Art Museum, 1998, p. 105
Sands, Stella, Kids Discover Northwest Coast Peoples, 2007, pp. 8-9
Credit LineGift of John H. Hauberg and John and Grace Putnam
Dimensions21 1/4 x 35 3/4 x 20 1/2 in. (54 x 90.8 x 52.1 cm)
MediumYellow cedar, red cedar, paint
Persian
12th to early 13th century
Object number: 38.139
Native American, Kadyisdu.axch', Tlingit, Kiks.adi clan
ca. 1820
Object number: 91.1.56