Bentwood chest front

1840-60

Native American

Haida

Yellow cedar, paint

18 x 30 x 1 in. (45.7 x 76.2 x 2.5 cm)

Gift of John and Grace Putnam

2006.27

Photo: Elizabeth Mann

Now on view at the Seattle Art Museum

Resources

Published ReferencesBrotherton, Barbara. Robert Davidson: Abstract Impulse. Exh. Cat. Seattle, Washington: Seattle Art Museum, 2013-14; p. 20, reproduced fig. 6 [not in exhibition].

Penney, David W. Indigenous Beauty: Masterworks of American Indian Art from the Diker Collection. Exh. Cat. Seattle, Washington: Seattle Art Museum, 2015; pp. 28-29, reproduced fig. 17 [not in exhibition].

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