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Masterfully carved shaman’s soul catcher with abalone shell inlay - Donald Ellis Gallery
Fine shaman’s soul catcher carved from bone with abalone shell inlay - Donald Ellis Gallery

Soul Catcher

Tsimshian
Northern British Columbia

ca. 1790-1820

bone, abalone shell

width: 7"

Inventory # N3026

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PROVENANCE

Heye Foundation, New York, NY (?)
Julius Carlebach, New York, NY (?)
Bernard Reis, New York, NY (acquired late 1970’s)
J.J Klejman Gallery, New York, NY
Dr Jean-Edouard Desmedt, Brussels, Belgium
Entwistle, London, United Kingdom and Paris, France (Inv.No. X0047, acquired from the above)
Donald Ellis Gallery, New York, NY and Dundas, ON
Sir Kenneth Thomson, Toronto, ON
Donald Ellis Gallery, New York, NY and Dundas, ON

exhibited

Art Gallery of Ontario, November 2008–2024

RELATED EXAMPLES

American Museum of Natural History, New York, NY, Inv. No. T22644 –See: Allen Wardwell: Tangible Visions: Northwest Coast Indian Shamanism and its Art, New York: The Monacelli Press, 1996, no. 285

Portland Art Museum, Portland, OR, Inv. No. 48.3.81 – See: Ibid., no. 288

The British Museum, London, UK, Inv. No. 1939 Am.II.I – See: Ibid., no. 295