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Artworks
DON YEOMANS (1958-) HAIDA / MÉTIS, PRINCE RUPERT, B.C.
Bentwood Feast Dish, 1997yellow cedar wood, pāua shell, and operculum, 7.75 x 16.25 x 10 in (19.7 x 41.3 x 25.4 cm)
signed with artist's initials and dated, "DY / 97".LOT 99
ESTIMATE: $12,000 — $18,000Further images
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This elaborately carved, bulging Bentwood Feast Dish showcases consummate formline design. The front features a Waasgo with inlaid operculum teeth and a whale positioned between its ears. Each side is...This elaborately carved, bulging Bentwood Feast Dish showcases consummate formline design. The front features a Waasgo with inlaid operculum teeth and a whale positioned between its ears. Each side is carved with formline representations of the Waasgo’s dorsal fin and claws, while the back shows its tail, complete with a hawk face and a human figure reaching through the flukes. The dish is carved from a single piece of cedar that has been steamed, bent, and mounted on a base, very much in the traditional manner. The rim is lined with operculum inserts, and the eyes of the secondary figures are inlaid with shell.
Yeomans was first introduced to Northwest Coast art by his aunt, the well-known Haida carver and teacher, Freda Diesing. A true master of formline design, Yeomans’s artwork can be found in the collections of the UBC Museum of Anthropology, the Canadian Museum of History, and YVR International Airport in Vancouver.
Sarah Raven with First Arts
Provenance
Private Collection, Toronto. -
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