mid to late 19th c., carved face in bold relief; painted serpents and other details on the flat disc base in red, black and dark brown; the upper perimeter pierced, likely for hair attachment; hide thongs and red pigment remain on back; 10.25" diam.
Provenance: Bonhams and Butterfields, San Francisco, 6/4/2007, Native American and Pre-Colombian Art, lot 4108, Property of the Phillip Brown Collection of Northwest Art.
Sotheby's New York, Fine American Indian Art, 10/23/1981, lot 388, "Reportedly collected in 1885"

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