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Artworks
UNIDENTIFIED KWAKWA̱KA̱ʼWAKW ARTIST
Model Button Blanket with Sisiyutł (Sisiutl / Sea Serpent) Design, c. 1990smelton wool, wool stroud, cotton cloth, shell buttons, and cotton thread, 58 x 64 in (147.3 x 162.6 cm)
unsigned.LOT 82
ESTIMATE: $2,000 — $3,000Button Blankets originated on the Northwest Coast as a nineteenth century innovation that used woolen trade blankets and mother-of-pearl or shell buttons to create a new form of regalia. While...Button Blankets originated on the Northwest Coast as a nineteenth century innovation that used woolen trade blankets and mother-of-pearl or shell buttons to create a new form of regalia. While the button blanket has become a ubiquitous Northwest Coast icon, the art form is arguably the most developed and elaborate among the Kwakwaka’wakw. This example features around 1,000 shell buttons with sawtooth patterns along the borders and a Sisiyutł (Sisiutl / Sea Serpent) in the centre. This blanket utilizes three sizes of buttons: larger buttons frame the borders, smaller buttons delineate the Sisiutl design, and a single, large button at the top serves as part of a clasp.
CWS
Provenance
An Ontario Collection.
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