An interesting Auction house I've never heard of.....

but , the old adage , Buy , when u find items where they shouldn't be........ here, is only 50% true !!

This one..... no one got for free....but a minor deal was still to be had..

robert-davidson-ak-bc-b-1946-butterfly-mask-10000570

Now , this one............ WHOA NELLY !!!!! ....
it should have been similar in price to the Butterfly....... or Higher !!!!
but either...
No one did their homework... or
the butterfly buyer...exhausted his finances or I couldn't scrounge up enuf cash in time , never thinking this would fall under the radar !!!!!

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https://auctions.everard.com/online...tahltan-tlingit-canadian-b-1948-mask-10000572


Someone got the deal , of a lifetime !!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

Curious about why a butterfly would be depicted with a full mouth of teeth. A nod to the understanding that underneath the mask would be a creature with human dentition?

Is the second one inspired by tradition but not traditional? I could only think it was one of J.D. Vance's childless cat ladies.

 

D.Bob , is classically trained , but has a style all his own , which can now be seen in his students work as well.
A tradition of transformation pervades the NWC 1st Nations legends.
The butterfly has a human element , seen here as a face with teeth......and Robert... luvs his teeth !!!!

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above....... Salmon transformation mask ..closed..

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here , open.....with a baby salmon inside

 

D.Bob , did a Wolf series..... here are 2 of my favourites..

 

his eyes, always seeming to be part closed...... place his images in a supernatural trance state !!

Very cool !!

 

Great share Komo,sublime carvings and I agree about the trance state.The vision combined with the execution is nuts.

 

the guy has talent oozing from every pore !!!!!!
A Master Carver , no doubt !!!

& $13,000 usd , for a mask with extra creatures on it....leaves over $ 40,000.....
on the table !!!!!!!!!!!