Tuesday, April 6, 2010

Welcome Back to "Behind the Block"!

I am happy to say that our blog with a comment field is back in operation! This post is a duplicate of the one on the Department page, but I will try this fresh.

Enjoy!

With only a week since the completion of the March American Indian Art auction, the September sale has begun forming already. We are pleased to offer the Van Zelst's American Indian art collection which consists of some very nice northwest coast carvings, both early and contemporary, in addition to pottery and paintings by Native artists.

Other pieces have also already made their appearance; on Monday, a beautiful Haida argillite pipe arrived in the mail fully carved with openwork depicting two men bent backwards, a raven, and an eagle.

I hope you enjoy the photograph of the pipe and as always, if you have any comments, I would love to hear from you!

Haida Argilite Pipe Bowl