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Artworks
WILLIE SEAWEED (HIAMAS) (c. 1873-1967) KWAKWA̱KA̱ʼWAKW
Sisiutl Dance Baton, c. 1920swood and acrylic, 4.5 x 37.75 x 0.75 in (11.4 x 95.9 x 1.9 cm)
unsigned.LOT 56
ESTIMATE: $7,000 — $10,000Further images
Of Willie Seaweed’s artwork, the late Bill Holm (1925-2020) said: “No carved surface or painted line was ever random. Each was planned, with a draftsman’s accuracy, so that each form...Of Willie Seaweed’s artwork, the late Bill Holm (1925-2020) said:
“No carved surface or painted line was ever random. Each was planned, with a draftsman’s accuracy, so that each form took its perfect shape and held a precise, balanced relationship to its brother shapes and to the space around and between them.” [1]
This dance baton exemplifies that ethos and features a Sisiutl head with an exaggerated tongue in profile. The sophisticated usage of white paint in play with the black primary forms and the slightly angled teeth, along with his signature circular eyes, are all key features of Seaweed’s style.
1. Bill Holm, Smoky-Top: The Art and Times of Willie Seaweed, (Vancouver: Douglas & McIntyre, 1983), p. 35.
Christopher W. Smith
Provenance
A Vancouver Collection.
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