Exceptional & rare wooden statue Mother-Bear Kwakiutl Start Price USD 1,200.00 Current Price USD 1,200.00 Time Left - Bid Count 0 Buy It Now Price - Reserve Price - Start Time Thursday, August 21, 2008 End Time Saturday, August 23, 2008 Location Rio de Janeiro See more about 'Exceptional & rare wooden statue Mother-Bear Kwakiutl ' Description   Item # 17 Name of the Item Exceptional and rare wooden statue Mother-Bear Kwakiutl Provenance North American Indian territory – Alaska or Canada Material Painted wood, shell, bone and textile Short Description Lovely, rare and big statue of the Mother-Bear – a mythological deity of the Kwakiutl Indians Highlights Item of enigmatic use, maybe ritualistic. Condition As it is and shown in picture. We would say: Very good except for the back, very rooted, not visible because was covered by a painted textile. Measures H c. 26 inches (66 cm) W c. 6 inches ( 15,25 cm) Weight Very HEAVY item : over 246,9178 ounces (7000 grams). So shipping will require a wooden box. Features The statue has the back covered by a textile showing a vulture and painted with black and red colors Date (or estimated) Not sure: XIX Century or XX Century Origin of the item Private collection in RJ, brought from Vancouver in the late eighties. Appraisal value US $ 9800 eBay value US $ 1255   Business Information History/background Every item offered by MAT-AC (Mouseîon Antiques Trading & Ashraf Coins) is unconditionally guaranteed to be Genuine and Authentic. We are located in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil where we have a small shop. From 1996 we started to work as Antique Dealers and we have travelled many times to places related to History and Archaeology, looking for interesting items to sell and pieces for our own collection. From 2002 we work with Archaeological Tours and we travel constantly abroad looking for other items. Also, we collect archaeological artefacts and art works for more than 25 years and part of this collection will be displayed in the Mankind Museum in Rio de Janeiro, which will be inaugurated soon. Payment policy We accept payments through PayPal, Mail order or Bank transfer for Citibank account. All payments are required until 5 days after the end of auction. Shipping information Shipping WORLDWIDE => Buyer pays shipping costs depending on buyer's requests. Some items can be sent free. Combined Shipping => Multiple items can be combined for a single low shipping cost. Insurance => Optional insurance. Registered Mail => If you would like registered Mail, please let me know as soon as you win the item. Not registered Mail is sent with buyer's risk. Note => For countries like China, Turkey, all Eastern Europe & Central and South America we recommend to send all items with registered Mail for your security. Note 2 => Parcels and Orders to Italy are subject to a high insurance always. Return policy All illustrations are of the actual item offered here. The authenticity of all pieces is fully guaranteed and comes with our gallery Certificate of Authenticity written guarantee. If the object does not fit the description; just let us know within 10 days after receiving the object. You send the item back in the same conditions and we will return the price you paid (shipping excluded). We will answer your questions as soon as possible. Please write to: pradodemello@hotmail.com Travels to places of Archaeological significance Also, we organise special tours to places of archaeological and historical significance in travels designed as Courses of Archaeology in loco. With pleasure, we help people to purchase items in places as Damascus and others. Then, not only you can visit the place, but you can be assisted to buy good and interesting items.   New Items and Special Collections We are listing items several times a week. We have a big collection of African & Oceanic Primitive Art under our responsibility and we are available to give information upon request. If someone is interest, we can offer the item in eBay. We have a good list of customers and sellers. If you have a special thing in mind, don’t hesitate in asking to us. Please write to: pradodemello@hotmail.com Place a Bid!