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Artworks
UNIDENTIFIED NUU-CHAH-NULTH ARTISTS
Group of Three Lidded Pictorial Baskets, 1990seach cedar bark, natural and dyed grasses, the largest: 2.75 x 3.5 x 3.5 in (7 x 8.9 x 8.9 cm), and smaller
each unsigned.LOT 11
ESTIMATE: $250 — $350Further images
While the practice of making items known as pika-uu in Nuu-chah-nulth, meaning “trinket basket,” was one of the skills that transferred more readily into the trading economy, the smaller works...While the practice of making items known as pika-uu in Nuu-chah-nulth, meaning “trinket basket,” was one of the skills that transferred more readily into the trading economy, the smaller works resulting from this practice are capable of giving far more delight than their diminutive size might suggest. This trio of miniature works bears all the hallmarks of a skilled and patient hand, likely ones that also produced works of a slightly more practical size. These works continue to showcase narrative scene work, including whale hunting, as well as repeated patterns themed around marine animals, all on a scale that demands proper respect for the execution. Lovely.Provenance
An Ontario Collection.
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