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DIANE DOUGLAS WILLARD (1956-), HAIDA, BELLINGHAM, WA / KETCHIKAN, AK
Open Basket with Raven's Tail Design (Berry Gathering Basket) , c. 2007red and yellow cedar bark, waxed linen string, and plastic beads, 5.25 x 6.25 x 6.25 in (13.3 x 15.9 x 15.9 cm)$ 4,750.00Further images
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Made by the accomplished Haida artist Diane Douglas Willard, this cedar bark berry basket is a striking example of her ability to bring inherited technique into conversation with contemporary design....Made by the accomplished Haida artist Diane Douglas Willard, this cedar bark berry basket is a striking example of her ability to bring inherited technique into conversation with contemporary design. Trained in the Indian Studies Program at the University of Washington under Bill Holm and Marvin Oliver, and later in Ketchikan under Delores Churchill, Willard developed a practice that is both grounded and inventive. Here, she applies Raven’s tail design to cedar bark basketry with particular elegance, setting old forms and new ideas into vivid relation.
Woven with red cedar warps wrapped around yellow cedar wefts in twining, the basket is further enriched by three rows of slip stitch along the lower half and two rows of three-strand twining framing the black-and-white Raven’s tail pattern. Near the rim, two loose strands of waxed linen are finished with black and white plastic beads. The result is crisp, rhythmic, and quietly original. This very basket was awarded third place at the 86th Annual Santa Fe Indian Market in 2008.
Sarah Raven with First Arts
Provenance
86th Annual SWAIA Santa Fe Indian Market, Santa Fe, NM, accompanied by the third place yellow ribbon;
Acquired from the above by John & Joyce Price, Seattle.1of 4 -
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