Bella Coola (Nuxalk) Frontlet

Bella Coola Frontlet - now in the collection of the Minneapolis Institute of Arts - image 1

Bella Coola (Nuxalk) peoples, British Columbia, Canada
Wood, pigments, abalone shell, copper, ermine pelts, cotton, plant fibres, wool, buttons, sea lion whiskers
19th century
Height: 21.6 cm

Provenance
Merton Simpson, New York
Robert Duperrier, Paris [acquired c.1970]
Private Collection, France

Selected Exhibition History
Permanent Collection, Minneapolis Institute of Arts
[Acc. No. 2008.61]

Acquired from Entwistle by
Minneapolis Institute of Arts

Bella Coola Frontlet - now in the collection of the Minneapolis Institute of Arts - image 1 Bella Coola Frontlet - now in the collection of the Minneapolis Institute of Arts - image 2