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UNIDENTIFIED INTERIOR SALISH OR TŜILHQOT'IN (CHILCOTIN) ARTIST
Hinged Lidded Basket with Geese or Swa, c. 1920cedar root and bark, cherry bark, and hide, 7.25 x 6.5 x 6.5 in (18.4 x 16.5 x 16.5 cm)
unsigned.LOT 48
ESTIMATE: $600 — $900Further images
This unusual, lidded basket presents a bit of a mystery to be solved. In terms of construction, it’s a classic Interior Salish lidded and coiled basket form with a hinged...This unusual, lidded basket presents a bit of a mystery to be solved.
In terms of construction, it’s a classic Interior Salish lidded and coiled basket form with a hinged lid and imbricated designs. However, it’s the specificity of the imagery depicted – the tall, long-necked geese or swans encircling the basket – that poses a challenge. Birds such as these are classic, and highly particular, images on Tŝilhqot'in basketry. It’s possible, or even likely, that this basket was made by a person of mixed Tŝilhqot'in and Interior Salish descent, or someone who had married from one group into the other. It is a fine and rare example of Interior British Columbia weaving.
Provenance
From the collection of a former curator at the Glenbow Museum, Calgary;
by descent in the family.
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