A Haida figure of a seated woman

A Haida figure of a seated woman
Northwest Coast
argillite, with a fine linear carved coiffure with a coiled up briad, almond shape eyes and with a stern expression, wearing a European dress and with bent knees and her hands placed to the front, the left with creases to the dress, the base with an ovolo decorated hem, the underside showing the soles of her shoes and buttocks,
22cm high.

Provenance
William Ohly (1883 - 1955) Berkeley Galleries and Abbey Museum, New Barnet, London, UK, and thence by descent.