Description
Tlingit Paddle
Date: 1890
Artist: Unknown, Tlingit
Materials: Yellow Cedar and red, black pigments
Dimensions: 20 ½” L x 3 1/3” x ¾”
Description: This early dance paddle was made by a talented Tlingit artist. It features the special and unique imagery of the octopus, also know as the devilfish, which is a rare design to be seen on paddles. Octopus were seen as an important and mysterious part of the marine life along the Northwest Coast. This paddle is painted with a bright vermillion red, and black pigments and features an anthropomorphic face of the octopus. Along the top, there is a knot hole, where the natural wood fell out at some point in the past. This would be an excellent piece to display and add to your collection.
