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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