UNIDENTIFIED ARTIST, Probably INTERIOR SALISH, STL'ATL'IMX (LILLOOET), Burden Basket, c. 1900-10
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UNIDENTIFIED ARTIST, PROBABLY INTERIOR SALISH, POSSIBLY STL'ATL'IMX (LILLOOET)
Burden Basket, c. 1900-10
cedar root and bark, cherry bark, and hide, 13 x 17.75 x 15.25 in (33 x 45.1 x 38.7 cm)
unsigned.
Provenance
By repute: Purchased from Queen Charlotte Island, Collected near Chilliwack, BC in 1920-25;
by descent;
Acquired from the above by the present Private Collection, Ontario.
The utilitarian form and construction of this burden basket belies the subtle beauty that can be found in it. The gentle flair of the basket walls, and the carefully placed repeat patterns (with the change in pattern on the back wall of the basket), point to a skilled hand. Unlike the false braid rim that features in baskets by neighboring groups, this Lillooet work has what equates to a whip-stitch self-rim, which creates a beautifully smooth edge to the coiled root and bark.
References: For a detailed introduction to Lillooet and Interior Salish baskets see Sarah Peabody Turnbaugh & William A.Turnbaugh, Indian Baskets, (Pennsylvania: Schiffer Publishing Ltd. in collaboration with the Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology, Harvard University, 1986), p. 167, & 162-171.
Burden Basket, c. 1900-10
cedar root and bark, cherry bark, and hide, 13 x 17.75 x 15.25 in (33 x 45.1 x 38.7 cm)
unsigned.
Provenance
By repute: Purchased from Queen Charlotte Island, Collected near Chilliwack, BC in 1920-25;
by descent;
Acquired from the above by the present Private Collection, Ontario.
The utilitarian form and construction of this burden basket belies the subtle beauty that can be found in it. The gentle flair of the basket walls, and the carefully placed repeat patterns (with the change in pattern on the back wall of the basket), point to a skilled hand. Unlike the false braid rim that features in baskets by neighboring groups, this Lillooet work has what equates to a whip-stitch self-rim, which creates a beautifully smooth edge to the coiled root and bark.
References: For a detailed introduction to Lillooet and Interior Salish baskets see Sarah Peabody Turnbaugh & William A.Turnbaugh, Indian Baskets, (Pennsylvania: Schiffer Publishing Ltd. in collaboration with the Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology, Harvard University, 1986), p. 167, & 162-171.
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UNIDENTIFIED ARTIST, Probably INTERIOR SALISH, STL'ATL'IMX (LILLOOET), Burden Basket, c. 1900-10
Estimate CA$2,000 - CA$3,000
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