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Artworks
UNIDENTIFIED ANISHINAABE (OJIBWE) ARTIST
Square Lidded Basket with Floral Design of Calla Lilies and Leaves, 1980s/90sbirch bark, quills, sweetgrass, and cotton thread, 3 x 7 x 7 in (7.6 x 17.8 x 17.8 cm)LOT 39
ESTIMATE: $100 — $200Further images
Calla Lilies, known for their vibrant flowers and foliage, are a perfect subject to lend a pop of colour or brightness to quill baskets. This basket's large flat lid provided...Calla Lilies, known for their vibrant flowers and foliage, are a perfect subject to lend a pop of colour or brightness to quill baskets. This basket's large flat lid provided for a larger canvas upon which a design could be made, and the artist took full advantage by having two stems sprout several flowers. Fully bloomed flowers surround a few buds in an asymmetric arrangement, as bright pops of yellow shine out of the white petals. While Calla Lilies themselves are not indigenous to North America, they do have a local equivalent in the Wild calla, a perennial that grows along the edges
of bogs and wetlands.
Provenance
An Ontario Collection.
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