Basketry
Women continue to be the primary weavers with each cultural group producing specific styles and motifs. Basketry techniques are used to make hats, mats, cradles, bags and baskets as well as forms of adornment and jewelry, which serve a variety of practical and ceremonial purposes.
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Coiled Basket with Inukshuk
Sarah Mickiyuk
CA$2,070.00Woven coiled grass basket, Thread (coloured), Serpentine stone
2012
The process of basket-making is long and arduous as it can take up to a month to weave a large basket. Baskets are made from repeatedly coiling the grass from the bottom of the basket and building the basket up. Designs are created by stitching thread onto the basket, however some designs are actually woven in. This thread can be made from a number of materials, such as de-haired sealskin, leather, and yarn.
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Coiled Basket with Eagles
Betsy Meeko
CA$4,370.002010
Woven coiled grass basket, Thread (coloured), Serpentine stone
The process of basket-making is long and arduous as it can take up to a month to weave a large basket. Baskets are made from repeatedly coiling the grass from the bottom of the basket and building the basket up. Designs are created by stitching thread onto the basket, however some designs are actually woven in. This thread can be made from a number of materials, such as de-haired sealskin, leather, and yarn.
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Coiled Basket with Animal Motifs
Nuu-chah-nulth Artist
Price upon requestBear grass, Cedar bark, Natural dyes
Provenance: Landsberg Collection
c. 1900
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Coiled Basket with Wolf and Geometric Designs
Nuu-chah-nulth Artist
Price upon requestBear grass, Natural & Artificial dyes, Cedar bark
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Imbricated Basket with Crenulated Rim
Salish Artist
Price upon requestCedar root, Cherry bark
c. 1900
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Coiled Basket with Zoomorphic Pattern
Artist Unknown
Price upon requestTimbisha (Panamint) Shoshone Nation
Location: Death Valley region of southeast California
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Imbricated Basket with Leather and Woven Straps
Salish Artist
Price upon requestLower Thompson River, BC
Cedar root, Cherry bark, Hemp, Hide, Woolc. late 1800’s
Provenance: Judge Matthew Begbie
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Imbricated Burden Basket with Woven Straps
Salish Artist
Price upon requestLower Thompson River, BC
Cedar root, Wool, Hidec. 1920’s
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Imbricated Basket
Salish Artist
Price upon requestLillooet, BC
Cedar root, Cherry barkc. 1900’s – 1920’s
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Imbricated Basket with Insect and Four Directions Designs
Salish Artist
Price upon requestCedar root
c. 1900’s – 1920’s
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Imbricated, Lidded Basket
Salish Artist
Price upon requestLillooet, BC
Cedar root, Cherry barkc. 1900’s – 1920’s
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Twined Basket
Tlingit Artist
Price upon requestSpruce root
c. 1900’s – 1910’s
Provenance: Koerner Collection
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Imbricated, Lidded Basket
Salish Artist
Price upon requestCedar root, Cherry bark, Hide, American dime
c. 1920’s
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Imbricated Basket
Salish Artist
Price upon requestCedar root, Cherry bark, Tule or Corn husk, Hide
c. 1910
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Rain Hat with Painted Sea Wolf Designs
Nuu-chah-nulth Artist
Price upon requestSpruce Root, Cedar bark
c. 1900
Painted by Duane Pasco (American artist, b. 1932)
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Imbricated Basket
Salish Artist
Price upon requestMount Currie, BC
Cedar root, Cherry bark, Hidec. 1930’s
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Coiled, Lidded Wolf Basket
Nuu-chah-nulth Artist
Price upon requestBear grass, Natural & Artificial dyes, Cedar bark
c. 1950’s – 1960’s
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Coiled Ginger Jar Style Basket
Nuu-chah-nulth Artist
Price upon requestBear grass, Natural & Artificial dyes, Cedar bark
c. 1950’s – 1960’s
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Imbricated, Lidded Feather Basket
Salish Artist
Price upon requestUpper Fraser, BC
Cedar root, Cherry bark, Hidec. 1920’s
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Imbricated Basket with Saint Joseph Sunday Missal Book
Salish Artist
Price upon requestCedar root, Cherry bark, Hide
Early 1900’s
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Bear Basket
Isabel Rorick RCA
Price upon requestSpruce root, Acrylic paintHand-painted by Robin Rorick
Isabel Rorick comes from a long line of weavers, including her great-grandmother Isabella Edenshaw; her grandmother, Selina Peratrovich; her mother, Primrose Adams, and her Aunt, Delores Churchill. Using the Haida language of form, Isabel incorporates many traditional designs into her baskets and hats, like that of the dragonfly, raven’s tail, and spider web or slug trail.
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Raven Stealing the Light Basket
Isabel Rorick RCA
Price upon requestSpruce root, Acrylic paintHand-painted by Alfred Adams (Isabel’s brother)
Isabel Rorick comes from a long line of weavers, including her great-grandmother Isabella Edenshaw; her grandmother, Selina Peratrovich; her mother, Primrose Adams, and her Aunt, Delores Churchill. Using the Haida language of form, Isabel incorporates many traditional designs into her baskets and hats, like that of the dragonfly, raven’s tail, and spider web or slug trail.
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82. Frog Basket
Isabel Rorick RCA
CA$12,800.00Spruce root, Acrylic paint
Hand-painted by Alfred Adams (Isabel’s brother)
3.25 x 4.5 x 4.5″
Isabel Rorick comes from a long line of weavers, including her great-grandmother Isabella Edenshaw; her grandmother, Selina Peratrovich; her mother, Primrose Adams, and her Aunt, Delores Churchill. Using the Haida language of form, Isabel incorporates many traditional designs into her baskets and hats, like that of the dragonfly, raven’s tail, and spider web or slug trail.
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Berry Pattern Basket
Isabel Rorick RCA
CA$5,800.00Spruce root, Dyed Spruce root
Isabel Rorick comes from a long line of weavers, including her great-grandmother Isabella Edenshaw; her grandmother, Selina Peratrovich; her mother, Primrose Adams, and her Aunt, Delores Churchill. Using the Haida language of form, Isabel incorporates many traditional designs into her baskets and hats, like that of the dragonfly, raven’s tail, and spider web or slug trail.
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Strawberry Breeze Rattle
Isabel Rorick RCA
CA$7,500.00Spruce root, Alder dyed Spruce root, Yellow Cedar wood handle, Abalone shell, feathers, beads, Maple wood base
Dimensions on stand: 6 x 9.5 x 4.5″
Isabel Rorick comes from a long line of weavers, including her great-grandmother Isabella Edenshaw; her grandmother, Selina Peratrovich; her mother, Primrose Adams, and her Aunt, Delores Churchill. Using the Haida language of form, Isabel incorporates many traditional designs into her baskets and hats, like that of the dragonfly, raven’s tail, and spider web or slug trail.
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Tapered Basket
Isabel Rorick RCA
CA$4,800.00Plain twining & Strawberry weave patterns, Three strand twining rim
Spruce Root, Four bands of dyed root
Featured in the 2009 exhibition – Haida Masterworks: the ancestral spirit lives on
Isabel Rorick comes from a long line of weavers, including her great-grandmother Isabella Edenshaw; her grandmother, Selina Peratrovich; her mother, Primrose Adams, and her Aunt, Delores Churchill. Using the Haida language of form, Isabel incorporates many traditional designs into her baskets and hats, like that of the dragonfly, raven’s tail, and spider web or slug trail.
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Dogfish Berry Basket
Merle Andersen
CA$10,800.00Cedar Bark, Acrylic paint
Painted by Alfred Adams
Merle is a Haida Weaver and Regalia artist from Haida Gwaai, BC, Canada. San’laa gudgaang is her Haida name and Yaguu’janaas is the name of her affiliated clan. She uses Cedar Bark, Spruce Root, and Sewn Regalia as her mediums. Merle’s grandmother, Isabella Edenshaw, and mother, Florence Davidson, were both weavers, while her grandfather, Charles Edenshaw, was a master carver, and her father, Robert Davidson Sr., was a carver in his own right. Merle received her traditional training under her mother and two of her sisters, as well as under Haida weavers April and Holly Churchill.