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Qwa.a rudee or xoodee (chest)

Dateca. 1885

Object number91.1.43

ProvenanceWilliam James, Juneau, Alaska, until 1972; John H. Hauberg, Seattle, Washington, 1972-1991; Seattle Art Museum, Seattle, Washington

Photo CreditPhoto: Paul Macapia

Exhibition HistoryCalgary, Alberta, Glenbow Museum, Pipes That Won't Smoke; Coal That Won't Burn, 1981-1982 Seattle, Washington, Seattle Art Museum, The Box of Daylight, September 15, 1983 - January 8, 1984Published ReferencesThe Spirit Within: Northwest Coast Native Art from the John H. Hauberg Collection, Seattle Art Museum, 1995, pg. 146 Holm, Bill, Box of Daylight: Northwest Coast Indian Art, Seattle Art Museum, University of Washington Press, 1983, no. 183, p. 108, illus. Sheehan, Carol, Pipes That Won't Smoke; Coal That Won't Burn: Haida Sculpture in Argillite, Calgary: Glenbow Museum, 1981, no. 85, p. 168 Holm, Bill, Will the Real Charles Edenshaw Please Stand Up? The Problem of Attribution in Northwest Coast Indian Art, in The World is as Sharp as a Knife: An Anthology in Honour of Wilson Duff, Edited by Donald N. Abbott. Victoria, BC: British Columbia Provincial Museum, 1981, fig. 37 Federal Archives (Seattle), Photo Album 3, print #695, shows this argillite chest with "Sydney Campbell?a wood carver" in a posed picture.

Credit LineGift of John H. Hauberg

Dimensions4 1/2 x 6 1/4 x 1 1/2 in. (11.4 x 15.9 x 3.8 cm)

MediumArgillite and wood